Graceful Tooth vs Pocketed Free-tailed Bat

Hydnellum gracilipes compared with Nyctinomops femorosaccus

Key Differences

Graceful Tooth is Vulnerable while Pocketed Free-tailed Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Graceful Tooth	Pocketed Free-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	Molossidae
Genus	Hydnellum	Nyctinomops
Species	Hydnellum gracilipes	Nyctinomops femorosaccus

Conservation Status

Graceful Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Pocketed Free-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Graceful Tooth	Pocketed Free-tailed Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Graceful 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.