vs Malayan Free-tailed Bat

Hypoxylon petriniae compared with Mops mops

Key Differences

• is Least Concern while Malayan Free-tailed Bat is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Malayan Free-tailed Bat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Sordariomycetes (Sordariomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Xylariales (Xylariales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Hypoxylaceae	Molossidae
Genus	Hypoxylon	Mops
Species	Hypoxylon petriniae	Mops mops

Conservation Status

LC — Least Concern

Malayan Free-tailed Bat

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Malayan Free-tailed 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.

Malayan Free-tailed 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.