Crowned Tooth vs Large Short-tailed Rat

Hydnellum lepidum compared with Brachyuromys ramirohitra

Key Differences

• Crowned Tooth is Vulnerable while Large Short-tailed Rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crowned Tooth	Large Short-tailed Rat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Bankeraceae	Nesomyidae
Genus	Hydnellum	Brachyuromys
Species	Hydnellum lepidum	Brachyuromys ramirohitra

Conservation Status

Crowned Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Large Short-tailed Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crowned Tooth	Large Short-tailed Rat
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.

Large Short-tailed Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.