vs Chat de Chine

Hyphoderma occidentale compared with Prionailurus bengalensis

Key Differences

• is Data Deficient while Chat de Chine is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Chat de Chine
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (animal)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (mammifères)
Order	Polyporales (Polyporales)	Carnivora (carnivores)
Family	Hyphodermataceae	Felidae (Cats)
Genus	Hyphoderma	Prionailurus
Species	Hyphoderma occidentale	Prionailurus bengalensis

Conservation Status

DD — Data Deficient

Chat de Chine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Chat de Chine
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Chat de Chine

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Philippines and Taiwan.

Hyphoderma occidentale is a corticioid fungus in the family Polyporaceae, assessed as Data Deficient (DD). It grows as a thin, resupinate (crust-like) fruiting body on dead wood in forest habitats. Insufficient data on its distribution and population size make comprehensive conservation assessment difficult.