Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Simpleleaf chastetree

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Vitex trifolia

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Simpleleaf chastetree is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Simpleleaf chastetree
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)	Lamiaceae
Genus	Chironax	Vitex
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Vitex trifolia

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Simpleleaf chastetree

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Simpleleaf chastetree
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Simpleleaf chastetree

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Madagascar, Seychelles, South Africa), Asia (Georgia, Singapore, Taiwan), North America (Cuba, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Tonga).

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.