Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Violet Tooth

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Hydnellum ioeides

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Violet Tooth is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Violet Tooth
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Bankeraceae
Genus	Chironax	Hydnellum
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Hydnellum ioeides

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Violet Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Violet Tooth

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Norway, Sweden, and United States. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.