Black-capped Fruit Bat vs White tephrosia

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Tephrosia candida

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while White tephrosia is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	White tephrosia
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	Tephrosia
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Tephrosia candida

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

White tephrosia

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

White tephrosia

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (4 countries), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (4 countries).

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.