Black-Staining Polypore vs Little Fruit-eating Bat

Meripilus sumstinei compared with Artibeus ravus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-Staining Polypore	Little Fruit-eating 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	Artibeus
Species	Meripilus sumstinei	Artibeus ravus

Conservation Status

Black-Staining Polypore

NE — Not Evaluated

Little Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-Staining Polypore	Little Fruit-eating 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.

Little Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador.

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.