Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Southern Bracket

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Ganoderma australe

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Southern Bracket is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Southern Bracket
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Polyporales (Polyporales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Polyporaceae
Genus	Chironax	Ganoderma
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Ganoderma australe

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Southern Bracket

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Southern Bracket
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Southern Bracket

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Norway, Portugal, and Taiwan.

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.