Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Silver Lime

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Tilia tomentosa

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Silver Lime is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Silver Lime
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Malvaceae
Genus	Chironax	Tilia
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Tilia tomentosa

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Silver Lime

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Silver Lime
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Silver Lime

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (15 countries) and North America (Canada).

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.