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Chironax
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Chironax

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

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2 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 2 known species

Black-capped Fruit Bat

speciesChironax melanocephalus

Sulawesi Black-capped Fruit Bat

speciesChironax tumulus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 40797.