Black-capped Fruit Bat vs serpent cactus

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Peniocereus serpentinus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	serpent cactus
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Cactaceae
Genus	Chironax	Peniocereus
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Peniocereus serpentinus

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

serpent cactus

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

serpent cactus

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia, South Africa, and Zambia.

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.