Bleeding Blue Tooth vs Caroline Flying Fox

Hydnellum cyanopodium compared with Pteropus molossinus

Key Differences

• Bleeding Blue Tooth is Least Concern while Caroline Flying Fox is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bleeding Blue Tooth	Caroline 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 cyanopodium	Pteropus molossinus

Conservation Status

Bleeding Blue Tooth

LC — Least Concern

Caroline Flying Fox

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bleeding Blue Tooth	Caroline Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bleeding Blue Tooth

Habitat

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

Caroline Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Bleeding Blue Tooth

The Bleeding Blue Tooth (Hydnellum cyanopodium) is a species in the genus Hydnellum. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Caroline Flying Fox

The Caroline Flying Fox (Pteropus molossinus) is a species in the genus Pteropus. It is currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.