Crowned Tooth vs Eastern Red Bat

Hydnellum lepidum compared with Lasiurus borealis

Key Differences

Crowned Tooth is Vulnerable while Eastern Red Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crowned Tooth	Eastern Red Bat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Bankeraceae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Hydnellum	Lasiurus
Species	Hydnellum lepidum	Lasiurus borealis

Conservation Status

Crowned Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Eastern Red Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crowned Tooth	Eastern Red 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.