Gold Tooth vs Gray Short-tailed Bat

Hydnellum auratile compared with Carollia subrufa

Key Differences

• Gold Tooth is Vulnerable while Gray Short-tailed Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gold Tooth	Gray Short-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	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Hydnellum	Carollia
Species	Hydnellum auratile	Carollia subrufa

Conservation Status

Gold Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Gray Short-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gold Tooth	Gray Short-tailed Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gold 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.

Gray Short-tailed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.