Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Wavy Spiderhead

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Serruria confragosa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Wavy Spiderhead
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Proteales (Proteales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Proteaceae
Genus	Chironax	Serruria
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Serruria confragosa

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Wavy Spiderhead

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Wavy Spiderhead

Habitat

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

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.