Devil's Tooth vs Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat

Hydnellum peckii compared with Macroglossus sobrinus

Key Differences

• Devil's Tooth is Endangered while Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Devil's Tooth	Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat
Kingdom	Fungi (فطر)	Animalia (حيوانات)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (دعاميات)	Chordata (حبليات)
Class	Agaricomycetes (غاريقونانية)	Mammalia (ثدييات)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Chiroptera (خفاشيات)
Family	Bankeraceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Hydnellum	Macroglossus
Species	Hydnellum peckii	Macroglossus sobrinus

Conservation Status

Devil's Tooth

EN — Endangered

Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Devil's Tooth	Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Devil's Tooth

Habitat

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

Range

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

Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.