Gray Short-tailed Bat vs White Cheese Polypore

Carollia subrufa compared with Tyromyces chioneus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray Short-tailed Bat	White Cheese Polypore
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Polyporales (Polyporales)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Incrustoporiaceae
Genus	Carollia	Tyromyces
Species	Carollia subrufa	Tyromyces chioneus

Conservation Status

Gray Short-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

White Cheese Polypore

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray Short-tailed Bat	White Cheese Polypore
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray Short-tailed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

White Cheese Polypore

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.