vs Gray-bellied Rice Rat

Flagelloscypha punctiformis compared with Nephelomys moerex

Key Differences

• is Least Concern while Gray-bellied Rice Rat is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Gray-bellied Rice Rat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Niaceae	Cricetidae
Genus	Flagelloscypha	Nephelomys
Species	Flagelloscypha punctiformis	Nephelomys moerex

Conservation Status

LC — Least Concern

Gray-bellied Rice Rat

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Gray-bellied Rice Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Gray-bellied Rice Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Ecuador.

Flagelloscypha punctiformis is a minute, hairy cup fungus with tiny white to cream-colored apothecia bearing distinctive bristle-like hairs on the outer surface. It grows on dead branches and twigs of hardwood trees in temperate European forests. This saprotrophic ascomycete decomposes dead woody plant material in its forest habitat.