Bear'S Head Tooth vs Golden-capped Fruit Bat

Hericium americanum compared with Acerodon jubatus

Key Differences

• Bear'S Head Tooth is Not Evaluated while Golden-capped Fruit Bat is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bear'S Head Tooth	Golden-capped Fruit Bat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Russulales (Russulales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Hericiaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Hericium	Acerodon
Species	Hericium americanum	Acerodon jubatus

Conservation Status

Bear'S Head Tooth

NE — Not Evaluated

Golden-capped Fruit Bat

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bear'S Head Tooth	Golden-capped Fruit Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bear'S Head Tooth

Habitat

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

Range

Found in United States.

Golden-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Bear'S Head Tooth

The Bear'S Head Tooth (Hericium americanum) is a species in the genus Hericium. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.