Lilac Dapperling vs New Caledonia Long-tailed Fruit Bat

Cystolepiota bucknallii compared with Notopteris neocaledonicus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lilac Dapperling	New Caledonia Long-tailed Fruit Bat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Agaricaceae (Agarics)	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Cystolepiota	Notopteris
Species	Cystolepiota bucknallii	Notopteris neocaledonicus

Conservation Status

Lilac Dapperling

EN — Endangered

New Caledonia Long-tailed Fruit Bat

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Lilac Dapperling	New Caledonia Long-tailed Fruit Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lilac Dapperling

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

New Caledonia Long-tailed Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.