Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Snake cholla

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Cylindropuntia californica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Snake cholla
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Cactaceae
Genus	Chironax	Cylindropuntia
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Cylindropuntia californica

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Snake cholla

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Snake cholla
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Snake cholla

Habitat

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

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.