vs Gilliard's Flying Fox

Buellia ocellata compared with Pteropus gilliardorum

Key Differences

• is Near Threatened while Gilliard's Flying Fox is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Gilliard's Flying Fox
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Lecanoromycetes (Lecanoromycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caliciales (Caliciales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Caliciaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Buellia	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Buellia ocellata	Pteropus gilliardorum

Conservation Status

NT — Near Threatened

Gilliard's Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Gilliard's Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Portugal, and Sweden. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Gilliard's Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Buellia ocellata is a crustose lichen with a pale grey to white areolate thallus bearing dark lecideine apothecia surrounded by a paler excipular ring. It inhabits exposed bark of old deciduous trees and smooth-barked conifers in temperate European woodlands. This lichen is sensitive to air quality changes and associated with veteran trees in ancient woodland.