Devil's Tooth vs New Caledonia Long-tailed Fruit Bat

Hydnellum peckii compared with Notopteris neocaledonicus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Devil's Tooth	New Caledonia Long-tailed 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	Notopteris
Species	Hydnellum peckii	Notopteris neocaledonicus

Conservation Status

Devil's Tooth

EN — Endangered

New Caledonia Long-tailed Fruit Bat

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Devil's Tooth	New Caledonia Long-tailed Fruit 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.