Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat vs Stinking Slime Truffle

Macroglossus sobrinus compared with Melanogaster ambiguus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat	Stinking Slime Truffle
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Boletales (Boletales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Paxillaceae
Genus	Macroglossus	Melanogaster
Species	Macroglossus sobrinus	Melanogaster ambiguus

Conservation Status

Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Stinking Slime Truffle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat	Stinking Slime Truffle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Stinking Slime Truffle

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.