Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Peach

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Prunus persica

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Peach is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Peach
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Rosales (Roses & Allies)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Rosaceae (Rose Family)
Genus	Chironax	Prunus (Cherries & Plums)
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Prunus persica

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Peach

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Peach
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Peach

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Comoros, Seychelles, South Africa), Asia (4 countries), Europe (10 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand), and South America (6 countries).

Black-capped Fruit Bat

The Black-capped Fruit Bat (Chironax melanocephalus) is a species in the genus Chironax. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.