vs New Caledonian Flying Fox

Fuligo leviderma compared with Pteropus vetula

Key Differences

• is Not Evaluated while New Caledonian Flying Fox is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		New Caledonian Flying Fox
Kingdom	Protozoa (protozoa)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Mycetozoa	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Myxomycetes (Myxomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Physarales (Physarales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Physaraceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Fuligo	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Fuligo leviderma	Pteropus vetula

Conservation Status

NE — Not Evaluated

New Caledonian Flying Fox

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		New Caledonian Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

New Caledonian Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Fuligo leviderma is a myxomycete (plasmodial slime mould) in the family Physaraceae, producing pale, smooth-coated aethalia on decaying wood and plant litter in moist forest environments. Like other Fuligo species, it passes through a conspicuous plasmodial stage before forming the spore-bearing aethalium. Its conservation status is not evaluated.