Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Red Balau

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Shorea collina

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Red Balau is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Red Balau
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Dipterocarpaceae
Genus	Chironax	Shorea
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Shorea collina

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Red Balau

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Red Balau
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Red Balau

Habitat

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

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.