Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Punktree

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Melaleuca quinquenervia

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Black-capped Fruit Bat Punktree
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Chiroptera (Bats) Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats) Myrtaceae
Genus Chironax Melaleuca
Species Chironax melanocephalus Melaleuca quinquenervia

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Punktree

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Black-capped Fruit Bat Punktree
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Punktree

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests spanning the Afrotropic and Neotropic realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (India, Malaysia, Vietnam), Europe (5 countries), North America (18 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (4 countries), and South America (4 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.

Punktree

No description available.

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