Bitter Tooth vs Gray-shanked Douc Langur

Hydnellum scabrosum compared with Pygathrix cinerea

Key Differences

• Bitter Tooth is Near Threatened while Gray-shanked Douc Langur is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bitter Tooth	Gray-shanked Douc Langur
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Bankeraceae	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Hydnellum	Pygathrix
Species	Hydnellum scabrosum	Pygathrix cinerea

Conservation Status

Bitter Tooth

NT — Near Threatened

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bitter Tooth	Gray-shanked Douc Langur
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bitter Tooth

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Bitter Tooth

The Bitter Tooth (Hydnellum scabrosum) is a species in the genus Hydnellum. It is currently classified as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.