Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Prickly Heath

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Gaultheria mucronata

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Prickly Heath
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Ericaceae
Genus	Chironax	Gaultheria
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Gaultheria mucronata

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Prickly Heath

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Prickly Heath

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Ireland, Norway, Sweden, and United Kingdom.

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.