vs Highland Mangabey

Flagelloscypha punctiformis compared with Rungwecebus kipunji

Key Differences

• is Least Concern while Highland Mangabey is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Highland Mangabey
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Niaceae	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Flagelloscypha	Rungwecebus
Species	Flagelloscypha punctiformis	Rungwecebus kipunji

Conservation Status

LC — Least Concern

Highland Mangabey

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Highland Mangabey
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.

Highland Mangabey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

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.