Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Prickly Coontail

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Ceratophyllum echinatum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Prickly Coontail
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Ceratophyllales (Ceratophyllales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Ceratophyllaceae
Genus	Chironax	Ceratophyllum
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Ceratophyllum echinatum

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Prickly Coontail

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Prickly Coontail

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

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.