Black-Staining Polypore vs Little Desert Pocket Mouse

Meripilus sumstinei compared with Chaetodipus arenarius

Key Differences

• Black-Staining Polypore is Not Evaluated while Little Desert Pocket Mouse is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-Staining Polypore	Little Desert Pocket Mouse
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polyporales (Polyporales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Meripilaceae	Heteromyidae
Genus	Meripilus	Chaetodipus
Species	Meripilus sumstinei	Chaetodipus arenarius

Conservation Status

Black-Staining Polypore

NE — Not Evaluated

Little Desert Pocket Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-Staining Polypore	Little Desert Pocket 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.

Little Desert Pocket 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.