vs Greater Spear-nosed Bat

Biscogniauxia repanda compared with Phyllostomus hastatus

Key Differences

• is Vulnerable while Greater Spear-nosed Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Greater Spear-nosed Bat
Kingdom	Fungi (mantar)	Animalia (hayvan)
Phylum	Ascomycota (Asklı mantarlar)	Chordata (Kordalılar)
Class	Sordariomycetes (Sordariomycetes)	Mammalia (memeliler)
Order	Xylariales (Xylariales)	Chiroptera (yarasa)
Family	Graphostromataceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Biscogniauxia	Phyllostomus
Species	Biscogniauxia repanda	Phyllostomus hastatus

Conservation Status

VU — Vulnerable

Greater Spear-nosed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Greater Spear-nosed Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America and South America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Greater Spear-nosed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Biscogniauxia repanda is a pyrenomycete fungus producing flat, crust-like stromata with embedded perithecia on dead hardwood bark. It inhabits temperate and Mediterranean forests, growing on dead branches and stems of oak, chestnut, and other hardwood trees. This saprotrophic ascomycete decomposes dead hardwood and colonizes stressed or damaged trees.