Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Yellow Restharrow

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Ononis natrix

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Yellow Restharrow is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Yellow Restharrow
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	Ononis
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Ononis natrix

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Yellow Restharrow

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Yellow Restharrow

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Asia (Cyprus) and Europe (7 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.