Orange Tooth vs Pocketed Free-tailed Bat

Hydnellum aurantiacum compared with Nyctinomops femorosaccus

Key Differences

Orange Tooth is Endangered while Pocketed Free-tailed Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Orange 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 aurantiacum	Nyctinomops femorosaccus

Conservation Status

Orange Tooth

EN — Endangered

Pocketed Free-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Orange Tooth

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.