Oak Crust vs Painted Woolly Bat

Peniophora quercina compared with Kerivoula picta

Key Differences

• Oak Crust is Least Concern while Painted Woolly Bat is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oak Crust	Painted Woolly Bat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Russulales (Russulales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Peniophoraceae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Peniophora	Kerivoula
Species	Peniophora quercina	Kerivoula picta

Conservation Status

Oak Crust

LC — Least Concern

Painted Woolly Bat

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oak Crust	Painted Woolly Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Oak Crust

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Painted Woolly Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.