Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Slender Borage

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Borago pygmaea

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Slender Borage is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Slender Borage
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Boraginales (Boraginales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Boraginaceae
Genus	Chironax	Borago
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Borago pygmaea

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Slender Borage

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Slender Borage
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Slender Borage

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, France, Netherlands, and United Kingdom.

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.