Devil's Tooth vs Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

Hydnellum peckii compared with Diphylla ecaudata

Key Differences

Devil's Tooth is Endangered while Hairy-legged Vampire Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Devil's Tooth	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat
Kingdom	Fungi (nấm)	Animalia (động vật)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (động vật có dây sống)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (lớp Thú)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Chiroptera (bộ Dơi)
Family	Bankeraceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Hydnellum	Diphylla
Species	Hydnellum peckii	Diphylla ecaudata

Conservation Status

Devil's Tooth

EN — Endangered

Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Devil's Tooth	Hairy-legged Vampire 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.