Crowned Tooth vs Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat

Hydnellum lepidum compared with Artibeus gnomus

Key Differences

Crowned Tooth is Vulnerable while Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crowned Tooth	Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Bankeraceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Hydnellum	Artibeus
Species	Hydnellum lepidum	Artibeus gnomus

Conservation Status

Crowned Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crowned Tooth	Dwarf Fruit-eating Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crowned Tooth

Habitat

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

Range

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