Admirable Bolete vs Elefante de Sabana

Aureoboletus mirabilis compared with Loxodonta africana

Key Differences

Admirable Bolete is Least Concern while Elefante de Sabana is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Admirable Bolete	Elefante de Sabana
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Boletales (Boletales)	Proboscidea (Elephants)
Family	Boletaceae	Elephantidae (Elephants)
Genus	Aureoboletus	Loxodonta (African Elephants)
Species	Aureoboletus mirabilis	Loxodonta africana

Conservation Status

Admirable Bolete

LC — Least Concern

Elefante de Sabana

VU — Vulnerable

Population: ~415.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Admirable Bolete	Elefante de Sabana
Diet	—	Herbivore
Average Lifespan	—	65 years
Average Length	—	6.0 m
Average Weight	—	6.0 t

Habitat & Geographic Range

Admirable Bolete

Habitat

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

Elefante de Sabana

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 5 distinct biome types within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Kenya. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Admirable Bolete

The Admirable Bolete (Aureoboletus mirabilis) is a species in the genus Aureoboletus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. This species inhabits Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Elefante de Sabana

El elefante africano, el animal terrestre más grande de la Tierra, puede alcanzar 7.000 kg y habita sabanas, bosques y humedales del África subsahariana. Con estructuras sociales complejas lideradas por matriarcas, se comunica mediante infrasonidos, rugidos y contacto físico. Como ingeniero del ecosistema, modela su hábitat arrancando árboles, excavando aguadas y dispersando semillas. Está catalogado como Vulnerable, con poblaciones en declive por la caza furtiva de marfil y la pérdida de hábitat.