Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Shamel ash

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Fraxinus uhdei

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Shamel ash is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Shamel ash
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Oleaceae
Genus	Chironax	Fraxinus
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Fraxinus uhdei

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Shamel ash

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Shamel ash

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (India, Taiwan), North America (Guatemala, Honduras, United States), and South America (Colombia).

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.