Fragrant Bracket vs Pacific Flying Fox

Trametes suaveolens compared with Pteropus tonganus

Key Differences

• Fragrant Bracket is Endangered while Pacific Flying Fox is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fragrant Bracket	Pacific Flying Fox
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polyporales (Polyporales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Polyporaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Trametes	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Trametes suaveolens	Pteropus tonganus

Conservation Status

Fragrant Bracket

EN — Endangered

Pacific Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fragrant Bracket	Pacific Flying Fox
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.

Pacific Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.