Black-capped Fruit Bat vs Orange Tooth

Chironax melanocephalus compared with Hydnellum aurantiacum

Key Differences

• Black-capped Fruit Bat is Least Concern while Orange Tooth is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-capped Fruit Bat	Orange Tooth
Kingdom	Animalia (สัตว์)	Fungi (เห็ดรา)
Phylum	Chordata (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (สัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยน้ำนม)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Chiroptera (ค้างคาว)	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Bankeraceae
Genus	Chironax	Hydnellum
Species	Chironax melanocephalus	Hydnellum aurantiacum

Conservation Status

Black-capped Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Orange Tooth

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Orange Tooth

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.