Bear'S Head Tooth vs Gray-headed Flying Fox

Hericium americanum compared with Pteropus poliocephalus

Key Differences

• Bear'S Head Tooth is Not Evaluated while Gray-headed Flying Fox is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bear'S Head Tooth	Gray-headed Flying Fox
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	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Hericium americanum	Pteropus poliocephalus

Conservation Status

Bear'S Head Tooth

NE — Not Evaluated

Gray-headed Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bear'S Head Tooth	Gray-headed Flying Fox
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.

Gray-headed Flying Fox

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.