Black-capped Fruit Bat vs white afara

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Terminalia superba

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while white afara is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	white afara
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)	Combretaceae
Genus	Chironax	Terminalia
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Terminalia superba

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

white afara

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

white afara

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Burundi, Cameroon, and Guinea.

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.