Fragrant Bracket vs North American Badger

Trametes suaveolens compared with Taxidea taxus

Key Differences

• Fragrant Bracket is Endangered while North American Badger is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fragrant Bracket	North American Badger
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polyporales (Polyporales)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Polyporaceae	Mustelidae (Weasels & Otters)
Genus	Trametes	Taxidea
Species	Trametes suaveolens	Taxidea taxus

Conservation Status

Fragrant Bracket

EN — Endangered

North American Badger

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fragrant Bracket	North American Badger
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fragrant Bracket

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, Mediterranean forests and woodlands, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (4 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Chile). Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

North American Badger

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.