Gold Tooth vs Long-tailed Wattled Bat

Hydnellum auratile compared with Chalinolobus tuberculatus

Key Differences

• Gold Tooth is Vulnerable while Long-tailed Wattled Bat is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gold Tooth	Long-tailed Wattled Bat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Bankeraceae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Hydnellum	Chalinolobus
Species	Hydnellum auratile	Chalinolobus tuberculatus

Conservation Status

Gold Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Long-tailed Wattled Bat

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gold Tooth	Long-tailed Wattled 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.

Long-tailed Wattled Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.