Black Tooth vs Painted Woolly Bat

Phellodon niger compared with Kerivoula picta

Key Differences

• Black Tooth is Critically Endangered while Painted Woolly Bat is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black Tooth	Painted Woolly Bat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Thelephoraceae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Phellodon	Kerivoula
Species	Phellodon niger	Kerivoula picta

Conservation Status

Black Tooth

CR — Critically Endangered

Painted Woolly Bat

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black Tooth	Painted Woolly Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black Tooth

Habitat

Inhabits temperate broadleaf and mixed forests within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Painted Woolly Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Black Tooth

The Black Tooth (Phellodon niger) is a species in the genus Phellodon. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.