Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Stream Beacon

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Vibrissea truncorum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Stream Beacon
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Leotiomycetes (Leotiomycetes)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Helotiales (Helotiales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Vibrisseaceae
Genus	Chironax	Vibrissea
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Vibrissea truncorum

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Stream Beacon

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Stream Beacon

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

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.