Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Ecuadorean Small-eared Shrew

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Cryptotis equatoris

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Ecuadorean Small-eared Shrew
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class same	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Soricidae
Genus	Chironax	Cryptotis
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Cryptotis equatoris

Evolutionary Relationship

Black-capped Fruit Bat and Ecuadorean Small-eared Shrew share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (mamíferos)

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Ecuadorean Small-eared Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Ecuadorean Small-eared Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Ecuadorean Small-eared Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador.

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.