Black-capped Fruit Bat vs White Lauan

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Parashorea macrophylla

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while White Lauan is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	White Lauan
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Dipterocarpaceae
Genus	Chironax	Parashorea
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Parashorea macrophylla

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

White Lauan

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

White Lauan

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.