vs Horsfield's tarsier

Flagelloscypha punctiformis compared with Cephalopachus bancanus

Key Differences

  • is Least Concern while Horsfield's tarsier is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Horsfield's tarsier
Kingdom Fungi (Fungi) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Basidiomycota (Club Fungi) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms) Primates (Primates)
Family Niaceae Tarsiidae
Genus Flagelloscypha Cephalopachus
Species Flagelloscypha punctiformis Cephalopachus bancanus

Conservation Status

LC — Least Concern

Horsfield's tarsier

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Horsfield's tarsier
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.

Horsfield's tarsier

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.

Horsfield's tarsier

No description available.

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