Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Starfruit

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Damasonium bourgaei

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Starfruit
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Alismataceae
Genus	Chironax	Damasonium
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Damasonium bourgaei

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Starfruit

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Starfruit

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Found in Portugal.

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.