Bidentate Yellow-shouldered Bat vs

Sturnira bidens compared with Flagelloscypha punctiformis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Bidentate Yellow-shouldered Bat
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order Chiroptera (Bats) Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)
Family Phyllostomidae Niaceae
Genus Sturnira Flagelloscypha
Species Sturnira bidens Flagelloscypha punctiformis

Conservation Status

Bidentate Yellow-shouldered Bat

LC — Least Concern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Bidentate Yellow-shouldered Bat
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bidentate Yellow-shouldered Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Bidentate Yellow-shouldered Bat

The Bidentate Yellow-shouldered Bat (Sturnira bidens) is a species in the genus Sturnira. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Flagelloscypha punctiformis is a minute, hairy cup fungus with tiny white to cream-colored apothecia bearing distinctive bristle-like hairs on the outer surface. It grows on dead branches and twigs of hardwood trees in temperate European forests. This saprotrophic ascomycete decomposes dead woody plant material in its forest habitat.

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