Painted Woolly Bat vs Sweetgrass Hydnellum

Kerivoula picta compared with Hydnellum suaveolens

Key Differences

• Painted Woolly Bat is Near Threatened while Sweetgrass Hydnellum is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Painted Woolly Bat	Sweetgrass Hydnellum
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)
Family	Vespertilionidae	Bankeraceae
Genus	Kerivoula	Hydnellum
Species	Kerivoula picta	Hydnellum suaveolens

Conservation Status

Painted Woolly Bat

NT — Near Threatened

Sweetgrass Hydnellum

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Painted Woolly Bat	Sweetgrass Hydnellum
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Painted Woolly Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sweetgrass Hydnellum

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Norway, Sweden, and United States.