Artist'S Bracket vs Fishing Cat

Ganoderma applanatum compared with Prionailurus viverrinus

Key Differences

• Artist'S Bracket is Least Concern while Fishing Cat is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Artist'S Bracket	Fishing Cat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polyporales (Polyporales)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Polyporaceae	Felidae (Cats)
Genus	Ganoderma	Prionailurus
Species	Ganoderma applanatum	Prionailurus viverrinus

Conservation Status

Artist'S Bracket

LC — Least Concern

Fishing Cat

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Artist'S Bracket	Fishing Cat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Artist'S Bracket

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (4 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Fishing Cat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Artist'S Bracket

Artist's bracket (Ganoderma applanatum) is a species in the genus Ganoderma. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.