vs Philippine Gray Flying Fox

Lentinus substrictus compared with Pteropus speciosus

Key Differences

  • is Least Concern while Philippine Gray Flying Fox is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Philippine Gray Flying Fox
Kingdom Fungi (Fungi) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Basidiomycota (Club Fungi) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Polyporales (Polyporales) Chiroptera (Bats)
Family Polyporaceae Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus Lentinus Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species Lentinus substrictus Pteropus speciosus

Conservation Status

LC — Least Concern

Philippine Gray Flying Fox

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Philippine Gray Flying Fox
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Denmark and Sweden.

Philippine Gray Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Lentinus substrictus is a tough, leathery mushroom with a funnel-shaped to flat cap bearing decurrent gills, found on dead and decaying wood of tropical and subtropical trees. It causes white rot and contributes to wood decomposition in warm, humid forest ecosystems. This species is of interest for its ligninolytic enzyme production, which has applications in bioremediation research.

Philippine Gray Flying Fox

No description available.

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