Devil's Tooth vs Peale’s Free-tailed Bat

Hydnellum peckii compared with Nyctinomops aurispinosus

Key Differences

Devil's Tooth is Endangered while Peale’s Free-tailed Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Devil's Tooth	Peale’s Free-tailed Bat
Kingdom	Fungi (mantar)	Animalia (hayvan)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Bazitli mantarlar)	Chordata (Kordalılar)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (memeliler)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Chiroptera (yarasa)
Family	Bankeraceae	Molossidae
Genus	Hydnellum	Nyctinomops
Species	Hydnellum peckii	Nyctinomops aurispinosus

Conservation Status

Devil's Tooth

EN — Endangered

Peale’s Free-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Devil's Tooth	Peale’s Free-tailed 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.