Crowned Tooth vs Malayan porcupine

Hydnellum lepidum compared with Hystrix brachyura

Key Differences

• Crowned Tooth is Vulnerable while Malayan porcupine is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crowned Tooth	Malayan porcupine
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Bankeraceae	Hystricidae
Genus	Hydnellum	Hystrix
Species	Hydnellum lepidum	Hystrix brachyura

Conservation Status

Crowned Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Malayan porcupine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crowned Tooth	Malayan porcupine
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.

Malayan porcupine

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, France, Netherlands, Norway, and United Kingdom.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway