Black-capped Fruit Bat vs bois dartre

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Senna alata

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while bois dartre is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	bois dartre
Kingdom	Animalia (animal)	Plantae (plante)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mammifères)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Fabaceae
Genus	Chironax	Senna
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Senna alata

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

bois dartre

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	bois dartre
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

bois dartre

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (26 countries), Asia (8 countries), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (9 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.