Painted Woolly Bat vs Woolly Tooth

Kerivoula picta compared with Phellodon tomentosus

Key Differences

• Painted Woolly Bat is Near Threatened while Woolly Tooth is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Painted Woolly Bat	Woolly Tooth
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)
Family	Vespertilionidae	Thelephoraceae
Genus	Kerivoula	Phellodon
Species	Kerivoula picta	Phellodon tomentosus

Conservation Status

Painted Woolly Bat

NT — Near Threatened

Woolly Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Painted Woolly Bat	Woolly Tooth
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Painted Woolly Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Woolly 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 Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.