Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Red Chokeberry

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Aronia arbutifolia

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Red Chokeberry is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Red Chokeberry
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Rosales (Roses & Allies)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Rosaceae (Rose Family)
Genus	Chironax	Aronia
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Aronia arbutifolia

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Red Chokeberry

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Red Chokeberry

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (7 countries) and North America (Canada, United States).

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.