Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Spotted Gum

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Corymbia maculata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Spotted Gum
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Myrtaceae
Genus	Chironax	Corymbia
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Corymbia maculata

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Spotted Gum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Spotted Gum
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Spotted Gum

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, India, and Seychelles.

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.