Pallid Pygmy Jerboa vs

Salpingotus pallidus compared with Postia lowei

Key Differences

• Pallid Pygmy Jerboa is Data Deficient while is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Pallid Pygmy Jerboa
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Polyporales (Polyporales)
Family	Dipodidae	Dacryobolaceae
Genus	Salpingotus	Postia
Species	Salpingotus pallidus	Postia lowei

Conservation Status

Pallid Pygmy Jerboa

DD — Data Deficient

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Pallid Pygmy Jerboa
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Pallid Pygmy Jerboa

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.