Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Smooth Winterberry

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Ilex laevigata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Smooth Winterberry
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Aquifoliales (Aquifoliales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Aquifoliaceae
Genus	Chironax	Ilex
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Ilex laevigata

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Smooth Winterberry

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Smooth Winterberry

Habitat

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

Range

Found in 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.