Bear'S Head Tooth vs Four-toed Hedgehog

Hericium americanum compared with Atelerix albiventris

Key Differences

• Bear'S Head Tooth is Not Evaluated while Four-toed Hedgehog is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bear'S Head Tooth	Four-toed Hedgehog
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Russulales (Russulales)	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)
Family	Hericiaceae	Erinaceidae
Genus	Hericium	Atelerix
Species	Hericium americanum	Atelerix albiventris

Conservation Status

Bear'S Head Tooth

NE — Not Evaluated

Four-toed Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bear'S Head Tooth	Four-toed Hedgehog
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bear'S Head Tooth

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Found in United States.

Four-toed Hedgehog

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Ecuador and Spain.

Bear'S Head Tooth

The Bear'S Head Tooth (Hericium americanum) is a species in the genus Hericium. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.