Bearded Tooth vs Fat-tailed false antechinus

Hericium erinaceus compared with Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis

Key Differences

• Bearded Tooth is Critically Endangered while Fat-tailed false antechinus is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bearded Tooth	Fat-tailed false antechinus
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Russulales (Russulales)	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)
Family	Hericiaceae	Dasyuridae
Genus	Hericium	Pseudantechinus
Species	Hericium erinaceus	Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis

Conservation Status

Bearded Tooth

CR — Critically Endangered

Fat-tailed false antechinus

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bearded Tooth	Fat-tailed false antechinus
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bearded Tooth

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and temperate broadleaf and mixed forests spanning the Indomalayan and Palearctic realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (4 countries), and North America (United States). Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Fat-tailed false antechinus

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Bearded Tooth

The Bearded Tooth (Hericium erinaceus) is a species in the genus Hericium. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and temperate broadleaf and mixed forests spanning the Indomalayan and Palearctic realms.