Crowned Tooth vs Moluccan Masked Flying Fox

Hydnellum lepidum compared with Pteropus personatus

Key Differences

Crowned Tooth is Vulnerable while Moluccan Masked Flying Fox is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crowned Tooth	Moluccan Masked 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 personatus

Conservation Status

Crowned Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Moluccan Masked Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crowned Tooth	Moluccan Masked 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.