Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Plain Clothes

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Tinea flavescentella

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Plain Clothes
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Tineidae
Genus	Chironax	Tinea
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Tinea flavescentella

Evolutionary Relationship

Black-capped Fruit Bat and Plain Clothes share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Plain Clothes

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Plain Clothes

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (7 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.