Black-capped fruit bat
| Black-capped fruit bat | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Pteropodidae |
| Subfamily: | Cynopterinae |
| Genus: | Chironax K. Andersen, 1912 |
| Species: | C. melanocephalus |
| Binomial name | |
| Chironax melanocephalus (Temminck, 1825) | |
| Black-capped fruit bat range | |
The black-capped fruit bat (Chironax melanocephalus) is a species of megabat in the monotypic genus Chironax.