Bleeding Blue Tooth vs Margay

Hydnellum cyanopodium compared with Leopardus wiedii

Key Differences

• Bleeding Blue Tooth is Least Concern while Margay is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bleeding Blue Tooth	Margay
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Bankeraceae	Felidae (Cats)
Genus	Hydnellum	Leopardus
Species	Hydnellum cyanopodium	Leopardus wiedii

Conservation Status

Bleeding Blue Tooth

LC — Least Concern

Margay

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bleeding Blue Tooth	Margay
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bleeding Blue Tooth

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Margay

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Bleeding Blue Tooth

The Bleeding Blue Tooth (Hydnellum cyanopodium) is a species in the genus Hydnellum. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.