Blue-black Tooth vs Meerkat

Phellodon atratus compared with Suricata suricatta

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blue-black Tooth	Meerkat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Thelephoraceae	Herpestidae
Genus	Phellodon	Suricata
Species	Phellodon atratus	Suricata suricatta

Conservation Status

Blue-black Tooth

LC — Least Concern

Meerkat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blue-black Tooth	Meerkat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blue-black Tooth

Habitat

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

Meerkat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium and Ecuador.

Blue-black Tooth

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