vs Indian Pangolin

Flagelloscypha punctiformis compared with Manis crassicaudata

Key Differences

• is Least Concern while Indian Pangolin is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Indian Pangolin
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Pholidota (Pholidota)
Family	Niaceae	Manidae
Genus	Flagelloscypha	Manis
Species	Flagelloscypha punctiformis	Manis crassicaudata

Conservation Status

LC — Least Concern

Indian Pangolin

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Indian Pangolin
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.

Indian Pangolin

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.