Gold Tooth vs Large Fruit-eating Bat

Hydnellum auratile compared with Artibeus amplus

Key Differences

• Gold Tooth is Vulnerable while Large Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gold Tooth	Large Fruit-eating 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	Artibeus
Species	Hydnellum auratile	Artibeus amplus

Conservation Status

Gold Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Large Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gold Tooth	Large Fruit-eating 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.

Large Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Venezuela.