Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Silver wattle

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Acacia retinodes

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Silver wattle
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	Acacia
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Acacia retinodes

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Silver wattle

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Silver wattle

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Algeria, Mauritius), Asia (India, Turkey), Europe (7 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Colombia, Ecuador).

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.