Gold Tooth vs Miller's Dog-faced Bat

Hydnellum auratile compared with Cynomops milleri

Key Differences

• Gold Tooth is Vulnerable while Miller's Dog-faced Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gold Tooth	Miller's Dog-faced Bat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Bankeraceae	Molossidae
Genus	Hydnellum	Cynomops
Species	Hydnellum auratile	Cynomops milleri

Conservation Status

Gold Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Miller's Dog-faced Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gold Tooth	Miller's Dog-faced 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.

Miller's Dog-faced Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Venezuela.