Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Shrubby whitevein

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Sanchezia speciosa

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Shrubby whitevein is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Shrubby whitevein
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)	Acanthaceae
Genus	Chironax	Sanchezia
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Sanchezia speciosa

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Shrubby whitevein

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Shrubby whitevein

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Guinea), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (4 countries), and South America (Chile, 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.