Bitter Tooth vs Madagascan fruit bat

Hydnellum scabrosum compared with Eidolon dupreanum

Key Differences

• Bitter Tooth is Near Threatened while Madagascan fruit bat is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bitter Tooth	Madagascan fruit bat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Bankeraceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Hydnellum	Eidolon
Species	Hydnellum scabrosum	Eidolon dupreanum

Conservation Status

Bitter Tooth

NT — Near Threatened

Madagascan fruit bat

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bitter Tooth	Madagascan fruit 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.

Madagascan fruit bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

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.