Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Red ginger

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Alpinia purpurata

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Red ginger
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Zingiberales (Zingiberales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Zingiberaceae
Genus	Chironax	Alpinia
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Alpinia purpurata

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Red ginger

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Red ginger

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles), Asia (India, Taiwan, Thailand), North America (13 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (9 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.