Black-capped Fruit Bat vs White Padouk

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Pterocarpus mildbraedii

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	White Padouk
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Fabaceae
Genus	Chironax	Pterocarpus
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Pterocarpus mildbraedii

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

White Padouk

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

White Padouk

Habitat

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

Range

Found in 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.