Crowned Tooth vs Eastern Small-Footed Bat

Hydnellum lepidum compared with Myotis leibii

Key Differences

• Crowned Tooth is Vulnerable while Eastern Small-Footed Bat is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crowned Tooth	Eastern Small-Footed 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	Myotis
Species	Hydnellum lepidum	Myotis leibii

Conservation Status

Crowned Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Eastern Small-Footed Bat

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crowned Tooth	Eastern Small-Footed 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.

Eastern Small-Footed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in United States. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.