Black-capped Fruit Bat vs water-apple

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Syzygium aqueum

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while water-apple is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	water-apple
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Myrtaceae
Genus	Chironax	Syzygium
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Syzygium aqueum

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

water-apple

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	water-apple
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

water-apple

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Maldives, and Taiwan.

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.