vs Long-tailed Wattled Bat

Hyphoderma occidentale compared with Chalinolobus tuberculatus

Key Differences

• is Data Deficient while Long-tailed Wattled Bat is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Long-tailed Wattled Bat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polyporales (Polyporales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Hyphodermataceae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Hyphoderma	Chalinolobus
Species	Hyphoderma occidentale	Chalinolobus tuberculatus

Conservation Status

DD — Data Deficient

Long-tailed Wattled Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Long-tailed Wattled Bat
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 Wattled Bat

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.