Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Waterbush

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Myoporum montanum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Waterbush
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Scrophulariaceae
Genus	Chironax	Myoporum
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Myoporum montanum

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Waterbush

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Waterbush

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Namibia and South Africa.

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.