Black-capped Fruit Bat vs queen's crape-myrtle

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Lagerstroemia speciosa

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while queen's crape-myrtle is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	queen's crape-myrtle
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)	Lythraceae
Genus	Chironax	Lagerstroemia
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Lagerstroemia speciosa

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

queen's crape-myrtle

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	queen's crape-myrtle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

queen's crape-myrtle

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (Bangladesh, Taiwan), North America (Costa Rica, Panama), and South America (Brazil, 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.