Black-Staining Polypore vs Brown Tent-making Bat

Meripilus sumstinei compared with Uroderma magnirostrum

Key Differences

• Black-Staining Polypore is Not Evaluated while Brown Tent-making Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-Staining Polypore	Brown Tent-making Bat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polyporales (Polyporales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Meripilaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Meripilus	Uroderma
Species	Meripilus sumstinei	Uroderma magnirostrum

Conservation Status

Black-Staining Polypore

NE — Not Evaluated

Brown Tent-making Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-Staining Polypore	Brown Tent-making 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.

Brown Tent-making Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

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.

Brown Tent-making Bat

The Brown Tent-making Bat (Uroderma magnirostrum) is a species in the genus Uroderma. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.