Fused Tooth vs Great Flying Fox

Phellodon confluens compared with Pteropus neohibernicus

Key Differences

• Fused Tooth is Vulnerable while Great Flying Fox is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fused Tooth	Great Flying Fox
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Thelephoraceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Phellodon	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Phellodon confluens	Pteropus neohibernicus

Conservation Status

Fused Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Great Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fused Tooth	Great Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fused Tooth

Habitat

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

Range

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

Great Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.