Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Morelle

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Solanum pseudocapsicum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Morelle
Kingdom	Animalia (animal)	Plantae (plante)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mammifères)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Solanaceae
Genus	Chironax	Solanum
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Solanum pseudocapsicum

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Morelle

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Morelle

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (7 countries), Europe (14 countries), North America (Guatemala, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand), and South America (4 countries).

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.