Black-Staining Polypore vs Borneo Fruit Bat

Meripilus sumstinei compared with Aethalops aequalis

Key Differences

• Black-Staining Polypore is Not Evaluated while Borneo Fruit Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-Staining Polypore	Borneo Fruit Bat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polyporales (Polyporales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Meripilaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Meripilus	Aethalops
Species	Meripilus sumstinei	Aethalops aequalis

Conservation Status

Black-Staining Polypore

NE — Not Evaluated

Borneo Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-Staining Polypore	Borneo Fruit Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-Staining Polypore

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway and United States.

Borneo Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Black-Staining Polypore

The Black-Staining Polypore (Meripilus sumstinei) is a species in the genus Meripilus. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Borneo Fruit Bat

The Borneo Fruit Bat (Aethalops aequalis) is a species in the genus Aethalops. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.