North Sulawesi Babirusa vs

Babyrousa celebensis compared with Postia lowei

Key Differences

• North Sulawesi Babirusa is Vulnerable while is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	North Sulawesi Babirusa
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Polyporales (Polyporales)
Family	Suidae (Pigs)	Dacryobolaceae
Genus	Babyrousa	Postia
Species	Babyrousa celebensis	Postia lowei

Conservation Status

North Sulawesi Babirusa

VU — Vulnerable

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	North Sulawesi Babirusa
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

North Sulawesi Babirusa

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway, Sweden, and Taiwan.

Postia lowei is a soft, white to cream-colored bracket fungus forming annual, shelf-like fruiting bodies on decaying conifer wood. It inhabits boreal and montane coniferous forests, growing on dead fallen logs and stumps. This brown-rot saprotrophic fungus decomposes the cellulose of conifer wood, leaving characteristic brown cubical rot.