Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Water spangles

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Salvinia minima

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Water spangles is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Water spangles
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Salviniaceae
Genus	Chironax	Salvinia
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Salvinia minima

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Water spangles

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Water spangles
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Water spangles

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Sri Lanka), North America (Cuba, Dominican Republic, United States), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.