Bitter Tooth vs Oustalet's Red Colobus

Hydnellum scabrosum compared with Piliocolobus oustaleti

Key Differences

• Bitter Tooth is Near Threatened while Oustalet's Red Colobus is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bitter Tooth	Oustalet's Red Colobus
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	Piliocolobus
Species	Hydnellum scabrosum	Piliocolobus oustaleti

Conservation Status

Bitter Tooth

NT — Near Threatened

Oustalet's Red Colobus

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bitter Tooth	Oustalet's Red Colobus
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.

Oustalet's Red Colobus

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.