Bearded Tooth vs Potto

Hericium erinaceus compared with Perodicticus potto

Key Differences

• Bearded Tooth is Critically Endangered while Potto is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bearded Tooth	Potto
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Russulales (Russulales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Hericiaceae	Lorisidae
Genus	Hericium	Perodicticus
Species	Hericium erinaceus	Perodicticus potto

Conservation Status

Bearded Tooth

CR — Critically Endangered

Potto

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bearded Tooth	Potto
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.

Potto

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.