Crowned Tooth vs Desert Rat-kangaroo

Hydnellum lepidum compared with Caloprymnus campestris

Key Differences

Crowned Tooth is Vulnerable while Desert Rat-kangaroo is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crowned Tooth	Desert Rat-kangaroo
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Diprotodontia (Marsupials)
Family	Bankeraceae	Potoroidae
Genus	Hydnellum	Caloprymnus
Species	Hydnellum lepidum	Caloprymnus campestris

Conservation Status

Crowned Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Desert Rat-kangaroo

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crowned Tooth	Desert Rat-kangaroo
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.