Black-Staining Polypore vs Palawan Fruit Bat

Meripilus sumstinei compared with Acerodon leucotis

Key Differences

• Black-Staining Polypore is Not Evaluated while Palawan Fruit Bat is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-Staining Polypore	Palawan 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	Acerodon
Species	Meripilus sumstinei	Acerodon leucotis

Conservation Status

Black-Staining Polypore

NE — Not Evaluated

Palawan Fruit Bat

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-Staining Polypore	Palawan 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.

Palawan 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.