vs New Caledonia Long-tailed Fruit Bat

Hyphoderma occidentale compared with Notopteris neocaledonicus

Key Differences

• is Data Deficient while New Caledonia Long-tailed Fruit Bat is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		New Caledonia Long-tailed Fruit Bat
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	Notopteris
Species	Hyphoderma occidentale	Notopteris neocaledonicus

Conservation Status

DD — Data Deficient

New Caledonia Long-tailed Fruit Bat

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		New Caledonia Long-tailed Fruit 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.

New Caledonia Long-tailed Fruit 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.