Black-capped Fruit Bat vs pilipiliula

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Chrysopogon aciculatus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	pilipiliula
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Chironax	Chrysopogon
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Chrysopogon aciculatus

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

pilipiliula

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

pilipiliula

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Burkina Faso, Congo (DRC), Nigeria), Asia (5 countries), Europe (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (10 countries), and South America (Colombia).

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.