Crowned Tooth vs Greater Naked Bat

Hydnellum lepidum compared with Cheiromeles torquatus

Key Differences

• Crowned Tooth is Vulnerable while Greater Naked Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crowned Tooth	Greater Naked Bat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Bankeraceae	Molossidae
Genus	Hydnellum	Cheiromeles
Species	Hydnellum lepidum	Cheiromeles torquatus

Conservation Status

Crowned Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Greater Naked Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crowned Tooth	Greater Naked 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 Naked Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.