Black-Staining Polypore vs Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa

Meripilus sumstinei compared with Pygeretmus platyurus

Key Differences

• Black-Staining Polypore is Not Evaluated while Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-Staining Polypore	Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa
Kingdom	Fungi (mantar)	Animalia (hayvan)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Bazitli mantarlar)	Chordata (Kordalılar)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (memeliler)
Order	Polyporales (Polyporales)	Rodentia (kemiriciler)
Family	Meripilaceae	Dipodidae
Genus	Meripilus	Pygeretmus
Species	Meripilus sumstinei	Pygeretmus platyurus

Conservation Status

Black-Staining Polypore

NE — Not Evaluated

Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-Staining Polypore	Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-Staining Polypore

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway and United States.

Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Black-Staining Polypore

The Black-Staining Polypore (Meripilus sumstinei) is a species in the genus Meripilus. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.