Crowned Tooth vs Orange-throated Bat

Hydnellum lepidum compared with Lampronycteris brachyotis

Key Differences

Crowned Tooth is Vulnerable while Orange-throated Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crowned Tooth	Orange-throated Bat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Bankeraceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Hydnellum	Lampronycteris
Species	Hydnellum lepidum	Lampronycteris brachyotis

Conservation Status

Crowned Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Orange-throated Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crowned Tooth	Orange-throated 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.