Golden-capped Fruit Bat vs Slash pine

Acerodon jubatus compared with Pinus elliottii

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Golden-capped Fruit Bat	Slash pine
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Coniferophyta (Conifers)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Pinopsida (Conifers)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Pinales (Pines & Allies)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Pinaceae (Pine Family)
Genus	Acerodon	Pinus (Pines)
Species	Acerodon jubatus	Pinus elliottii

Conservation Status

Golden-capped Fruit Bat

EN — Endangered

Slash pine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Golden-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Slash pine

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Bangladesh, Taiwan), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (4 countries).