Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Wandering vetch

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Vicia peregrina

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Wandering vetch is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Wandering vetch
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Fabaceae
Genus	Chironax	Vicia
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Vicia peregrina

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Wandering vetch

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Wandering vetch

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Uzbekistan), Europe (13 countries), and North America (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.