Black-Staining Polypore vs Fat-tailed Jird

Meripilus sumstinei compared with Pachyuromys duprasi

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-Staining Polypore	Fat-tailed Jird
Kingdom	Fungi (nấm)	Animalia (động vật)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (động vật có dây sống)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (lớp Thú)
Order	Polyporales (Polyporales)	Rodentia (Bộ Gặm nhấm)
Family	Meripilaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Meripilus	Pachyuromys
Species	Meripilus sumstinei	Pachyuromys duprasi

Conservation Status

Black-Staining Polypore

NE — Not Evaluated

Fat-tailed Jird

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-Staining Polypore	Fat-tailed Jird
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.

Fat-tailed Jird

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.