Artist'S Bracket vs Mexican Big-eared Bat

Ganoderma applanatum compared with Corynorhinus mexicanus

Key Differences

• Artist'S Bracket is Least Concern while Mexican Big-eared Bat is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Artist'S Bracket	Mexican Big-eared Bat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polyporales (Polyporales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Polyporaceae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Ganoderma	Corynorhinus
Species	Ganoderma applanatum	Corynorhinus mexicanus

Conservation Status

Artist'S Bracket

LC — Least Concern

Mexican Big-eared Bat

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Artist'S Bracket	Mexican Big-eared Bat
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).

Mexican Big-eared Bat

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.