Bitter Tooth vs Moluccan Masked Flying Fox

Hydnellum scabrosum compared with Pteropus personatus

Key Differences

• Bitter Tooth is Near Threatened while Moluccan Masked Flying Fox is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bitter Tooth	Moluccan Masked Flying Fox
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	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Hydnellum scabrosum	Pteropus personatus

Conservation Status

Bitter Tooth

NT — Near Threatened

Moluccan Masked Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bitter Tooth	Moluccan Masked Flying Fox
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.

Moluccan Masked Flying Fox

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.