Crowned Tooth vs Lesser White-toothed Shrew

Hydnellum lepidum compared with Crocidura suaveolens

Key Differences

• Crowned Tooth is Vulnerable while Lesser White-toothed Shrew is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crowned Tooth	Lesser White-toothed Shrew
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Bankeraceae	Soricidae
Genus	Hydnellum	Crocidura
Species	Hydnellum lepidum	Crocidura suaveolens

Conservation Status

Crowned Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Lesser White-toothed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crowned Tooth	Lesser White-toothed Shrew
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.

Lesser White-toothed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found across Asia (Cyprus) and Europe (9 countries).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway