Black-capped Fruit Bat vs rainbow pincushion

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Mammillaria rhodantha

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	rainbow pincushion
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Cactaceae
Genus	Chironax	Mammillaria
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Mammillaria rhodantha

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

rainbow pincushion

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	rainbow pincushion
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

rainbow pincushion

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil and Taiwan.

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.