Bleeding Blue Tooth vs Guam Flying Fox

Hydnellum cyanopodium compared with Pteropus tokudae

Key Differences

• Bleeding Blue Tooth is Least Concern while Guam Flying Fox is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bleeding Blue Tooth	Guam 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 tokudae

Conservation Status

Bleeding Blue Tooth

LC — Least Concern

Guam Flying Fox

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bleeding Blue Tooth	Guam 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.

Guam 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.