Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Touch-me-not

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Melianthus comosus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Touch-me-not
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Geraniales (Geraniales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Melianthaceae
Genus	Chironax	Melianthus
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Melianthus comosus

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Touch-me-not

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Touch-me-not
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Touch-me-not

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia and Spain.

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.