Crowned Tooth vs Palawan Fruit Bat

Hydnellum lepidum compared with Acerodon leucotis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crowned Tooth	Palawan 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	Acerodon
Species	Hydnellum lepidum	Acerodon leucotis

Conservation Status

Crowned Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Palawan Fruit Bat

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crowned Tooth	Palawan 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.