Elbowpatch Crust vs Peale’s Free-tailed Bat

Fomitiporia punctata compared with Nyctinomops aurispinosus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elbowpatch Crust	Peale’s Free-tailed Bat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Hymenochaetales (Hymenochaetales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Hymenochaetaceae	Molossidae
Genus	Fomitiporia	Nyctinomops
Species	Fomitiporia punctata	Nyctinomops aurispinosus

Conservation Status

Elbowpatch Crust

LC — Least Concern

Peale’s Free-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elbowpatch Crust	Peale’s Free-tailed Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elbowpatch Crust

Habitat

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

Range

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

Peale’s Free-tailed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Venezuela.