Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Stringwood

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Acalypha rubrinervis

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Stringwood is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Stringwood
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Euphorbiaceae
Genus	Chironax	Acalypha
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Acalypha rubrinervis

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Stringwood

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Stringwood

Habitat

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

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.