Golden-capped Fruit Bat vs Silkrubber

Acerodon jubatus compared with Funtumia elastica

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Golden-capped Fruit Bat	Silkrubber
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Apocynaceae
Genus	Acerodon	Funtumia
Species	Acerodon jubatus	Funtumia elastica

Conservation Status

Golden-capped Fruit Bat

EN — Endangered

Silkrubber

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Golden-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Silkrubber

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Cameroon, Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, and Seychelles.