Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Stinking Earthfan

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Thelephora palmata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Stinking Earthfan
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Thelephoraceae
Genus	Chironax	Thelephora
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Thelephora palmata

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Stinking Earthfan

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Stinking Earthfan

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, 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.