Pocketed Free-tailed Bat vs

Nyctinomops femorosaccus compared with Postia lowei

Key Differences

• Pocketed Free-tailed Bat is Least Concern while is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Pocketed Free-tailed Bat
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Polyporales (Polyporales)
Family	Molossidae	Dacryobolaceae
Genus	Nyctinomops	Postia
Species	Nyctinomops femorosaccus	Postia lowei

Conservation Status

Pocketed Free-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Pocketed Free-tailed Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Pocketed Free-tailed Bat

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.