Bleeding Oak Crust vs Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat

Stereum gausapatum compared with Artibeus cinereus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Bleeding Oak Crust Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat
Kingdom Fungi (Fungi) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Basidiomycota (Club Fungi) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Russulales (Russulales) Chiroptera (Bats)
Family Stereaceae Phyllostomidae
Genus Stereum Artibeus
Species Stereum gausapatum Artibeus cinereus

Conservation Status

Bleeding Oak Crust

LC — Least Concern

Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Bleeding Oak Crust Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bleeding Oak Crust

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (5 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Venezuela.

Bleeding Oak Crust

The Bleeding Oak Crust (Stereum gausapatum) is a species in the genus Stereum. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Gervais's Fruit-eating Bat

No description available.

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