Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat vs

Cynopterus sphinx compared with Hyphoderma occidentale

Key Differences

• Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat is Least Concern while is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Polyporales (Polyporales)
Family	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)	Hyphodermataceae
Genus	Cynopterus	Hyphoderma
Species	Cynopterus sphinx	Hyphoderma occidentale

Conservation Status

Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Taiwan.

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Hyphoderma occidentale is a corticioid fungus in the family Polyporaceae, assessed as Data Deficient (DD). It grows as a thin, resupinate (crust-like) fruiting body on dead wood in forest habitats. Insufficient data on its distribution and population size make comprehensive conservation assessment difficult.