Crowned Tooth vs Hector’s Beaked Whale

Hydnellum lepidum compared with Mesoplodon hectori

Key Differences

Crowned Tooth is Vulnerable while Hector’s Beaked Whale is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crowned Tooth	Hector’s Beaked Whale
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Cetacea (Whales & Dolphins)
Family	Bankeraceae	Hyperoodontidae
Genus	Hydnellum	Mesoplodon
Species	Hydnellum lepidum	Mesoplodon hectori

Conservation Status

Crowned Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Hector’s Beaked Whale

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crowned Tooth	Hector’s Beaked Whale
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.