vs Long-tailed Goral

Hyphoderma occidentale compared with Naemorhedus caudatus

Key Differences

• is Data Deficient while Long-tailed Goral is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Long-tailed Goral
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polyporales (Polyporales)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Hyphodermataceae	Bovidae (Bovids)
Genus	Hyphoderma	Naemorhedus
Species	Hyphoderma occidentale	Naemorhedus caudatus

Conservation Status

DD — Data Deficient

Long-tailed Goral

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Long-tailed Goral
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.

Long-tailed Goral

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.