Bitter Tooth vs Incan shrew opossum

Hydnellum scabrosum compared with Lestoros inca

Key Differences

• Bitter Tooth is Near Threatened while Incan shrew opossum is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bitter Tooth	Incan shrew opossum
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Paucituberculata (Paucituberculata)
Family	Bankeraceae	Caenolestidae
Genus	Hydnellum	Lestoros
Species	Hydnellum scabrosum	Lestoros inca

Conservation Status

Bitter Tooth

NT — Near Threatened

Incan shrew opossum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bitter Tooth	Incan shrew opossum
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.

Incan shrew opossum

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.