Black-capped Fruit Bat vs olho-de-boi

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Mucuna urens

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while olho-de-boi is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	olho-de-boi
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (plantas)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Chiroptera (morcego)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Fabaceae
Genus	Chironax	Mucuna
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Mucuna urens

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

olho-de-boi

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-capped Fruit Bat	olho-de-boi
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

olho-de-boi

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil and 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.