Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Philippine Cedar

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Toona calantas

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Philippine Cedar is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Philippine Cedar
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Meliaceae
Genus	Chironax	Toona
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Toona calantas

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Philippine Cedar

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Philippine Cedar

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Taiwan.

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.