Crowned Tooth vs Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat

Hydnellum lepidum compared with Macroglossus sobrinus

Key Differences

• Crowned Tooth is Vulnerable while Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crowned Tooth	Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat
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	Macroglossus
Species	Hydnellum lepidum	Macroglossus sobrinus

Conservation Status

Crowned Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crowned Tooth	Greater Long-nosed Fruit 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.

Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.