Cupped Ear vs Javan Rusa

Otidea cantharella compared with Rusa timorensis

Key Differences

Cupped Ear is Least Concern while Javan Rusa is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cupped Ear	Javan Rusa
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Pezizomycetes (Pezizomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Pezizales (Pezizales)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Otideaceae	Cervidae (Deer)
Genus	Otidea	Rusa
Species	Otidea cantharella	Rusa timorensis

Conservation Status

Cupped Ear

LC — Least Concern

Javan Rusa

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cupped Ear	Javan Rusa
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cupped Ear

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Javan Rusa

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, tundra, and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests spanning the Australasia and Afrotropic and Oceanian realms.

Range

Distributed across Mauritius, New Zealand, and Norway. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.