Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Squirrel Corn

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Dicentra canadensis

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Squirrel Corn is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Squirrel Corn
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Ranunculales (Ranunculales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Papaveraceae
Genus	Chironax	Dicentra
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Dicentra canadensis

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Squirrel Corn

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Squirrel Corn
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Squirrel Corn

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada 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.