Bitter Tooth vs Mexican woodrat

Hydnellum scabrosum compared with Neotoma mexicana

Key Differences

• Bitter Tooth is Near Threatened while Mexican woodrat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bitter Tooth	Mexican woodrat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Bankeraceae	Cricetidae
Genus	Hydnellum	Neotoma
Species	Hydnellum scabrosum	Neotoma mexicana

Conservation Status

Bitter Tooth

NT — Near Threatened

Mexican woodrat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bitter Tooth	Mexican woodrat
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.

Mexican woodrat

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.