Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Java plum

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Syzygium cumini

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Java plum
Kingdom	Animalia (प्राणी)	Plantae (पादप)
Phylum	Chordata (रज्जुकी)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (स्तनधारी)	Magnoliopsida (मैग्नोलियोप्सीडा)
Order	Chiroptera (चमगादड़)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Myrtaceae
Genus	Chironax	Syzygium
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Syzygium cumini

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Java plum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Java plum

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 7 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (13 countries), Asia (8 countries), North America (16 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (7 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.