Crowned Tooth vs Desert Bandicoot

Hydnellum lepidum compared with Perameles eremiana

Key Differences

• Crowned Tooth is Vulnerable while Desert Bandicoot is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crowned Tooth	Desert Bandicoot
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Peramelemorphia (Peramelemorphia)
Family	Bankeraceae	Peramelidae
Genus	Hydnellum	Perameles
Species	Hydnellum lepidum	Perameles eremiana

Conservation Status

Crowned Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Desert Bandicoot

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crowned Tooth	Desert Bandicoot
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.

Desert Bandicoot

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.