Crowned Tooth vs Guam Flying Fox

Hydnellum lepidum compared with Pteropus tokudae

Key Differences

• Crowned Tooth is Vulnerable while Guam Flying Fox is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crowned Tooth	Guam Flying Fox
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	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Hydnellum lepidum	Pteropus tokudae

Conservation Status

Crowned Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Guam Flying Fox

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crowned Tooth	Guam Flying Fox
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.

Guam Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.