Painted Woolly Bat vs Spruce-Labrador Tea Needle Rust

Kerivoula picta compared with Chrysomyxa ledicola

Key Differences

• Painted Woolly Bat is Near Threatened while Spruce-Labrador Tea Needle Rust is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Painted Woolly Bat	Spruce-Labrador Tea Needle Rust
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Pucciniomycetes (Pucciniomycetes)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Pucciniales (Pucciniales)
Family	Vespertilionidae	Coleosporiaceae
Genus	Kerivoula	Chrysomyxa
Species	Kerivoula picta	Chrysomyxa ledicola

Conservation Status

Painted Woolly Bat

NT — Near Threatened

Spruce-Labrador Tea Needle Rust

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Painted Woolly Bat	Spruce-Labrador Tea Needle Rust
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Painted Woolly Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Spruce-Labrador Tea Needle Rust

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Norway and United States.