Gold Tooth vs Little Red Flying Fox

Hydnellum auratile compared with Pteropus scapulatus

Key Differences

• Gold Tooth is Vulnerable while Little Red Flying Fox is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gold Tooth	Little Red Flying Fox
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	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Hydnellum auratile	Pteropus scapulatus

Conservation Status

Gold Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Little Red Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gold Tooth	Little Red Flying Fox
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.

Little Red Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.