Black-Staining Polypore vs Pied Tamarin

Meripilus sumstinei compared with Saguinus bicolor

Key Differences

• Black-Staining Polypore is Not Evaluated while Pied Tamarin is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-Staining Polypore	Pied Tamarin
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polyporales (Polyporales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Meripilaceae	Callitrichidae
Genus	Meripilus	Saguinus
Species	Meripilus sumstinei	Saguinus bicolor

Conservation Status

Black-Staining Polypore

NE — Not Evaluated

Pied Tamarin

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-Staining Polypore	Pied Tamarin
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.

Pied Tamarin

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.