Gilliard's Flying Fox vs

Pteropus gilliardorum compared with Tomentella badia

Key Differences

• Gilliard's Flying Fox is Vulnerable while is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gilliard's Flying Fox
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Thelephoraceae
Genus	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)	Tomentella
Species	Pteropus gilliardorum	Tomentella badia

Conservation Status

Gilliard's Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gilliard's Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gilliard's Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Tomentella badia is a corticioid fungus in the family Thelephoraceae, assessed as Least Concern (LC). It forms resupinate fruiting bodies with a brown, felty surface on decaying wood and soil in forest habitats. Like other Tomentella species, it forms ectomycorrhizal associations with trees and is involved in nutrient cycling.