Crowned Tooth vs Mexican woodrat

Hydnellum lepidum compared with Neotoma mexicana

Key Differences

• Crowned Tooth is Vulnerable while Mexican woodrat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crowned Tooth	Mexican woodrat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Bankeraceae	Cricetidae
Genus	Hydnellum	Neotoma
Species	Hydnellum lepidum	Neotoma mexicana

Conservation Status

Crowned Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Mexican woodrat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crowned Tooth	Mexican woodrat
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.

Mexican woodrat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.