Black-capped fruit bat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Black-capped fruit bat Chironax melanocephalus Least concern

Where the black-capped fruit bat lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 27 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See bats on the world map

Scientific name	Chironax melanocephalus
Group	Bats
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Asia
Class	Mammal
Order	Chiroptera
Family	Pteropodidae

Where does the black-capped fruit bat live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the black-capped fruit bat in 1 country or territory across Asia.

Indonesia

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the black-capped fruit bat endangered?

The black-capped fruit bat’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the black-capped fruit bat?

The black-capped fruit bat (Chironax melanocephalus) is a mammal in the order Chiroptera and the family Pteropodidae, genus Chironax. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the black-capped fruit bat

The black-capped fruit bat (Chironax melanocephalus) is a species of megabat in the monotypic genus Chironax.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Black-capped fruit bat (revision 1380853874), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q301123 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).