Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Sargent Cherry

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Prunus sargentii

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Sargent Cherry is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Sargent Cherry
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Rosales (Roses & Allies)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Rosaceae (Rose Family)
Genus	Chironax	Prunus (Cherries & Plums)
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Prunus sargentii

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Sargent Cherry

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sargent Cherry

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway and Sweden.

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.