Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Smooth honeytree

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Casearia nitida

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Smooth honeytree
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Salicaceae
Genus	Chironax	Casearia
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Casearia nitida

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Smooth honeytree

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Smooth honeytree
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Smooth honeytree

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Cuba and United States.

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.