Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Red Hamburger Bean

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Mucuna urens

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Red Hamburger Bean
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Fabaceae
Genus	Chironax	Mucuna
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Mucuna urens

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Red Hamburger Bean

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Red Hamburger Bean

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil and Colombia.

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.