Big Smoky Bracket vs Napo Spiny-rat

Bjerkandera fumosa compared with Proechimys quadruplicatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big Smoky Bracket	Napo Spiny-rat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polyporales (Polyporales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Phanerochaetaceae	Echimyidae
Genus	Bjerkandera	Proechimys
Species	Bjerkandera fumosa	Proechimys quadruplicatus

Conservation Status

Big Smoky Bracket

LC — Least Concern

Napo Spiny-rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big Smoky Bracket	Napo Spiny-rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big Smoky Bracket

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (5 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

Napo Spiny-rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Big Smoky Bracket

The Big Smoky Bracket (Bjerkandera fumosa) is a species in the genus Bjerkandera. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.