Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Yellow Prickle

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Zanthoxylum martinicense

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Yellow Prickle
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Rutaceae
Genus	Chironax	Zanthoxylum
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Zanthoxylum martinicense

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Yellow Prickle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Yellow Prickle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Yellow Prickle

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Cuba.

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.