Endo's Pipistrelle vs

Pipistrellus endoi compared with Postia lowei

Key Differences

• Endo's Pipistrelle is Near Threatened while is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Endo's Pipistrelle
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Polyporales (Polyporales)
Family	Vespertilionidae	Dacryobolaceae
Genus	Pipistrellus	Postia
Species	Pipistrellus endoi	Postia lowei

Conservation Status

Endo's Pipistrelle

NT — Near Threatened

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Endo's Pipistrelle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Endo's Pipistrelle

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway, Sweden, and Taiwan.

Postia lowei is a soft, white to cream-colored bracket fungus forming annual, shelf-like fruiting bodies on decaying conifer wood. It inhabits boreal and montane coniferous forests, growing on dead fallen logs and stumps. This brown-rot saprotrophic fungus decomposes the cellulose of conifer wood, leaving characteristic brown cubical rot.