Devil's Tooth vs Peters's Disk-winged Bat

Hydnellum peckii compared with Thyroptera discifera

Key Differences

• Devil's Tooth is Endangered while Peters's Disk-winged Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Devil's Tooth	Peters's Disk-winged Bat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Bankeraceae	Thyropteridae
Genus	Hydnellum	Thyroptera
Species	Hydnellum peckii	Thyroptera discifera

Conservation Status

Devil's Tooth

EN — Endangered

Peters's Disk-winged Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Devil's Tooth	Peters's Disk-winged Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Devil's Tooth

Habitat

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

Range

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

Peters's Disk-winged Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.