Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Three-Spotted Pink

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Dianthus tripunctatus

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Three-Spotted Pink is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Three-Spotted Pink
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Caryophyllaceae
Genus	Chironax	Dianthus
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Dianthus tripunctatus

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Three-Spotted Pink

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Three-Spotted Pink
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Three-Spotted Pink

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Portugal 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.