Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Red Gyroporus

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Gyroporus purpurinus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Red Gyroporus
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Boletales (Boletales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Gyroporaceae
Genus	Chironax	Gyroporus
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Gyroporus purpurinus

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Red Gyroporus

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Red Gyroporus

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Found in 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.