vs Little Golden-mantled Flying Fox

Hyphoderma occidentale compared with Pteropus pumilus

Key Differences

• is Data Deficient while Little Golden-mantled Flying Fox is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Little Golden-mantled Flying Fox
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polyporales (Polyporales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Hyphodermataceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Hyphoderma	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Hyphoderma occidentale	Pteropus pumilus

Conservation Status

DD — Data Deficient

Little Golden-mantled Flying Fox

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Little Golden-mantled Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Little Golden-mantled Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

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.