False Turkey-Tail vs Hairy Fruit-eating Bat

Stereum ostrea compared with Artibeus hirsutus

Key Differences

• False Turkey-Tail is Not Evaluated while Hairy Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Turkey-Tail	Hairy Fruit-eating Bat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Russulales (Russulales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Stereaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Stereum	Artibeus
Species	Stereum ostrea	Artibeus hirsutus

Conservation Status

False Turkey-Tail

NE — Not Evaluated

Hairy Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Turkey-Tail	Hairy Fruit-eating Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

False Turkey-Tail

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Norway, Portugal, Taiwan, and United States.

Hairy Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.