Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Java plum

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Syzygium cumini

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Black-capped Fruit Bat Java plum
Kingdom Animalia (животные) Plantae (растения)
Phylum Chordata (хордовые) Magnoliophyta (магнолиофиты)
Class Mammalia (млекопитающие) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Chiroptera (рукокрылые) Myrtales (миртоцветные)
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.

Java plum

No description available.

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