Ebony Cup vs Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat

Pseudoplectania nigrella compared with Cynopterus sphinx

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ebony Cup	Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Pezizomycetes (Pezizomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Pezizales (Pezizales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Sarcosomataceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Pseudoplectania	Cynopterus
Species	Pseudoplectania nigrella	Cynopterus sphinx

Conservation Status

Ebony Cup

LC — Least Concern

Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ebony Cup	Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ebony Cup

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.

Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Taiwan.