vs jaguar

Coccomyces tumidus compared with Panthera onca

Key Differences

is Not Evaluated while jaguar is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		jaguar
Kingdom	Fungi (균계)	Animalia (동물)
Phylum	Ascomycota (자낭균류)	Chordata (척삭동물)
Class	Leotiomycetes (두건버섯강)	Mammalia (포유류)
Order	Rhytismatales (Rhytismatales)	Carnivora (식육목)
Family	Rhytismataceae	Felidae (Cats)
Genus	Coccomyces	Panthera (Big Cats)
Species	Coccomyces tumidus	Panthera onca

Conservation Status

NE — Not Evaluated

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NT — Near Threatened

Population: ~64.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		jaguar
Diet	—	Carnivore
Average Lifespan	—	15 years
Average Length	—	1.9 m
Average Weight	—	100.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, and Norway.

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Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 6 distinct biome types spanning the Neotropic and Oceanian realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Coccomyces tumidus is a small discomycete fungus in the family Rhytismataceae, found decomposing fallen leaves and plant debris in temperate European woodlands. The genus Coccomyces belongs to the order Rhytismatales, a group of ascomycetes that predominantly occupy a saprotrophic niche on dead plant material, though some relatives in the family are pathogenic on living plant hosts. Coccomyces tumidus produces the characteristic small, dark, disc-shaped apothecia typical of the genus, which emerge from or are embedded in the surface of decomposing leaves. The species epithet 'tumidus'—Latin for swollen—likely refers to a distinctive swollen or raised morphology of the stromata or fruiting bodies. This species has been recorded from European forest habitats, where it colonizes the leaf litter layer of deciduous forests, assisting in the physical and chemical breakdown of plant debris. The fruiting bodies produce asci containing ascospores that are dispersed by air currents to infect new substrate during periods of wet weather conducive to spore germination. Coccomyces species as a group present taxonomic challenges due to the small size and morphological similarity of fruiting bodies, and molecular phylogenetic methods have been necessary to clarify species boundaries within the genus. As a decomposer, C. tumidus contributes to carbon and nutrient cycling in European forest ecosystems. Its conservation status has not been assessed by the IUCN.

jaguar

아메리카 대륙에서 가장 큰 고양잇과 동물로, 체중이 최대 100kg에 달하며 단단하고 근육질의 체형과 특유의 로제트 무늬 털가죽을 지닌다. 멕시코에서 남아메리카까지 분포하며, 아마존과 판타날이 주요 서식지다. 뛰어난 수영 실력을 갖춘 최상위 포식자로, 먹이 개체수 조절에 핵심적 역할을 한다. 산림 벌채로 인해 서식 범위가 줄어들어 준위협종으로 분류된다.