Golden-capped Fruit Bat vs Orange cestrum

Acerodon jubatus compared with Cestrum aurantiacum

Key Differences

• Golden-capped Fruit Bat is Endangered while Orange cestrum is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Golden-capped Fruit Bat	Orange cestrum
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Solanaceae
Genus	Acerodon	Cestrum
Species	Acerodon jubatus	Cestrum aurantiacum

Conservation Status

Golden-capped Fruit Bat

EN — Endangered

Orange cestrum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Golden-capped Fruit Bat	Orange cestrum
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Golden-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Orange cestrum

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (India, Indonesia), North America (Guatemala, Honduras, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand).