vs Northern Yellow-shouldered Bat

Hyphoderma occidentale compared with Sturnira parvidens

Key Differences

• is Data Deficient while Northern Yellow-shouldered Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Northern Yellow-shouldered Bat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polyporales (Polyporales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Hyphodermataceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Hyphoderma	Sturnira
Species	Hyphoderma occidentale	Sturnira parvidens

Conservation Status

DD — Data Deficient

Northern Yellow-shouldered Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Northern Yellow-shouldered 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.

Northern Yellow-shouldered Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Colombia.

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.