Black-capped Fruit Bat vs pignut

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Mesosphaerum suaveolens

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	pignut
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Lamiaceae
Genus	Chironax	Mesosphaerum
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Mesosphaerum suaveolens

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

pignut

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

pignut

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Guinea, and Timor-Leste.

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.