Bear'S Head Tooth vs Giant Jumping Rat

Hericium americanum compared with Hypogeomys antimena

Key Differences

• Bear'S Head Tooth is Not Evaluated while Giant Jumping Rat is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bear'S Head Tooth	Giant Jumping Rat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Russulales (Russulales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Hericiaceae	Nesomyidae
Genus	Hericium	Hypogeomys
Species	Hericium americanum	Hypogeomys antimena

Conservation Status

Bear'S Head Tooth

NE — Not Evaluated

Giant Jumping Rat

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bear'S Head Tooth	Giant Jumping Rat
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.

Giant Jumping Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

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.