Black-capped Fruit Bat vs scimitar-bean

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Canavalia gladiata

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while scimitar-bean is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	scimitar-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	Canavalia
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Canavalia gladiata

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

scimitar-bean

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

scimitar-bean

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (India, Philippines, Taiwan), North America (Cuba), and South America (Brazil).

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.