Black-Capped Fruit Bat - Chironax melanocephalus
( Temminck, 1825 )

 

 



Subspecies: Unknown
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CITES Status: Not Listed
IUCN Status: Least Concern
U.S. ESA Status: Not Listed

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Life Span: in the Wild
Life Span: in Captivity

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Habitat:
It occurs in lowland, hill and montane forest. The Sabah specimen was taken in the understory of dipterocarp forest. It has been found roosting in small groups in tree ferns and in a shallow cave (Payne et al. 1985). It is probably not dependent on water.

Range:
This species is known from the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Nias, western Java, and also Sulawesi in Indonesia, and from scattered records in Borneo (including Sabah, Brunei and Kalimantan). There is apparently a record from Bali.

Conservation:

The species occurs in protected areas, such as Lore Lindu National Park in Sulawesi.


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