Devil's Tooth vs Large Fruit-eating Bat

Hydnellum peckii compared with Artibeus amplus

Key Differences

Devil's Tooth is Endangered while Large Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Devil's Tooth	Large Fruit-eating Bat
Kingdom	Fungi (เห็ดรา)	Animalia (สัตว์)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (สัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยน้ำนม)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Chiroptera (ค้างคาว)
Family	Bankeraceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Hydnellum	Artibeus
Species	Hydnellum peckii	Artibeus amplus

Conservation Status

Devil's Tooth

EN — Endangered

Large Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Devil's Tooth	Large Fruit-eating 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.