Black-Staining Polypore vs Chinese Jumping Mouse

Meripilus sumstinei compared with Eozapus setchuanus

Key Differences

• Black-Staining Polypore is Not Evaluated while Chinese Jumping Mouse is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-Staining Polypore	Chinese Jumping Mouse
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polyporales (Polyporales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Meripilaceae	Dipodidae
Genus	Meripilus	Eozapus
Species	Meripilus sumstinei	Eozapus setchuanus

Conservation Status

Black-Staining Polypore

NE — Not Evaluated

Chinese Jumping Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-Staining Polypore	Chinese Jumping Mouse
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.

Chinese Jumping Mouse

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.

Chinese Jumping Mouse

The Chinese Jumping Mouse (Eozapus setchuanus) is a species in the genus Eozapus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.