Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Sapele

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Entandrophragma cylindricum

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Sapele is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Sapele
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Meliaceae
Genus	Chironax	Entandrophragma
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Entandrophragma cylindricum

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Sapele

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sapele

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Guinea. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.