Crowned Tooth vs Mountain Water Rat

Hydnellum lepidum compared with Baiyankamys habbema

Key Differences

Crowned Tooth is Vulnerable while Mountain Water Rat is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crowned Tooth	Mountain Water Rat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Bankeraceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Hydnellum	Baiyankamys
Species	Hydnellum lepidum	Baiyankamys habbema

Conservation Status

Crowned Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Mountain Water Rat

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crowned Tooth	Mountain Water 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.