Crowned Tooth vs Highland Mangabey

Hydnellum lepidum compared with Rungwecebus kipunji

Key Differences

• Crowned Tooth is Vulnerable while Highland Mangabey is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crowned Tooth	Highland Mangabey
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Bankeraceae	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Hydnellum	Rungwecebus
Species	Hydnellum lepidum	Rungwecebus kipunji

Conservation Status

Crowned Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Highland Mangabey

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crowned Tooth	Highland Mangabey
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.

Highland Mangabey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.