vs Little Tube-nosed Bat

Hypoxylon petriniae compared with Murina aurata

Key Differences

• is Least Concern while Little Tube-nosed Bat is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Little Tube-nosed Bat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Sordariomycetes (Sordariomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Xylariales (Xylariales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Hypoxylaceae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Hypoxylon	Murina
Species	Hypoxylon petriniae	Murina aurata

Conservation Status

LC — Least Concern

Little Tube-nosed Bat

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Little Tube-nosed Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Little Tube-nosed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Hypoxylon petriniae is a wood-inhabiting pyrenomycete fungus producing small, cushion-shaped stromata on dead hardwood bark. It inhabits temperate forests across Europe and related regions where suitable deadwood hosts are available. This saprotrophic fungus decomposes the cellulose and lignin of dead woody tissues.