Crowned Tooth vs Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

Hydnellum lepidum compared with Notomys mordax

Key Differences

Crowned Tooth is Vulnerable while Darling Downs Hopping Mouse is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crowned Tooth	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Bankeraceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Hydnellum	Notomys
Species	Hydnellum lepidum	Notomys mordax

Conservation Status

Crowned Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Darling Downs Hopping Mouse

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crowned Tooth	Darling Downs Hopping Mouse
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crowned Tooth

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.