Bitter Tooth vs Little Fruit-eating Bat

Hydnellum scabrosum compared with Artibeus ravus

Key Differences

• Bitter Tooth is Near Threatened while Little Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bitter Tooth	Little Fruit-eating Bat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Bankeraceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Hydnellum	Artibeus
Species	Hydnellum scabrosum	Artibeus ravus

Conservation Status

Bitter Tooth

NT — Near Threatened

Little Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bitter Tooth	Little Fruit-eating Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bitter Tooth

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Little Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador.

Bitter Tooth

The Bitter Tooth (Hydnellum scabrosum) is a species in the genus Hydnellum. It is currently classified as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.