Devil's Tooth vs East Asian Free-tailed Bat

Hydnellum peckii compared with Tadarida insignis

Key Differences

Devil's Tooth is Endangered while East Asian Free-tailed Bat is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Devil's Tooth	East Asian Free-tailed 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	Tadarida
Species	Hydnellum peckii	Tadarida insignis

Conservation Status

Devil's Tooth

EN — Endangered

East Asian Free-tailed Bat

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Devil's Tooth	East Asian Free-tailed Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Devil's Tooth

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.