vs Miller's Dog-faced Bat

Hyphoderma occidentale compared with Cynomops milleri

Key Differences

• is Data Deficient while Miller's Dog-faced Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Miller's Dog-faced Bat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polyporales (Polyporales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Hyphodermataceae	Molossidae
Genus	Hyphoderma	Cynomops
Species	Hyphoderma occidentale	Cynomops milleri

Conservation Status

DD — Data Deficient

Miller's Dog-faced Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Miller's Dog-faced 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.

Miller's Dog-faced Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Venezuela.

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.