Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Vine Maple

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Acer circinatum

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Vine Maple is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Vine Maple
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Sapindaceae
Genus	Chironax	Acer
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Acer circinatum

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Vine Maple

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Vine Maple

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

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.