Bitter Tooth vs Jungle Shrew

Hydnellum scabrosum compared with Suncus zeylanicus

Key Differences

• Bitter Tooth is Near Threatened while Jungle Shrew is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bitter Tooth	Jungle Shrew
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Bankeraceae	Soricidae
Genus	Hydnellum	Suncus
Species	Hydnellum scabrosum	Suncus zeylanicus

Conservation Status

Bitter Tooth

NT — Near Threatened

Jungle Shrew

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bitter Tooth	Jungle Shrew
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.

Jungle Shrew

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.