Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Chia

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Salvia hispanica

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Chia
Kingdom	Animalia (동물)	Plantae (식물)
Phylum	Chordata (척삭동물)	Magnoliophyta (피자식물문)
Class	Mammalia (포유류)	Magnoliopsida (목련강)
Order	Chiroptera (박쥐)	Lamiales (꿀풀목)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Lamiaceae
Genus	Chironax	Salvia
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Salvia hispanica

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Chia

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Chia

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles), Europe (5 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, 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.

Chia

The Chia (Salvia hispanica) is a species in the genus Salvia. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.