Crowned Tooth vs Incan shrew opossum

Hydnellum lepidum compared with Lestoros inca

Key Differences

• Crowned Tooth is Vulnerable while Incan shrew opossum is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crowned Tooth	Incan shrew opossum
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Paucituberculata (Paucituberculata)
Family	Bankeraceae	Caenolestidae
Genus	Hydnellum	Lestoros
Species	Hydnellum lepidum	Lestoros inca

Conservation Status

Crowned Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Incan shrew opossum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crowned Tooth	Incan shrew opossum
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.

Incan shrew opossum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.