Crowned Tooth vs Gray’s Sportive Lemur

Hydnellum lepidum compared with Lepilemur dorsalis

Key Differences

• Crowned Tooth is Vulnerable while Gray’s Sportive Lemur is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crowned Tooth	Gray’s Sportive Lemur
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Bankeraceae	Lepilemuridae
Genus	Hydnellum	Lepilemur
Species	Hydnellum lepidum	Lepilemur dorsalis

Conservation Status

Crowned Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Gray’s Sportive Lemur

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crowned Tooth	Gray’s Sportive Lemur
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.

Gray’s Sportive Lemur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.