Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Rusty Porecrust

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Fuscoporia ferruginosa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Rusty Porecrust
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Hymenochaetales (Hymenochaetales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Hymenochaetaceae
Genus	Chironax	Fuscoporia
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Fuscoporia ferruginosa

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Rusty Porecrust

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Rusty Porecrust
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Rusty Porecrust

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and 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.