Bitter Tooth vs Northern Pig-tailed Macaque

Hydnellum scabrosum compared with Macaca leonina

Key Differences

• Bitter Tooth is Near Threatened while Northern Pig-tailed Macaque is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bitter Tooth	Northern Pig-tailed Macaque
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	Macaca
Species	Hydnellum scabrosum	Macaca leonina

Conservation Status

Bitter Tooth

NT — Near Threatened

Northern Pig-tailed Macaque

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bitter Tooth	Northern Pig-tailed Macaque
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.

Northern Pig-tailed Macaque

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.