Orange Tooth vs Palawan Fruit Bat

Hydnellum aurantiacum compared with Acerodon leucotis

Key Differences

• Orange Tooth is Endangered while Palawan Fruit Bat is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Orange Tooth	Palawan Fruit Bat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (animal)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (mammifères)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Bankeraceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Hydnellum	Acerodon
Species	Hydnellum aurantiacum	Acerodon leucotis

Conservation Status

Orange Tooth

EN — Endangered

Palawan Fruit Bat

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Orange Tooth	Palawan Fruit 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.

Palawan Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.