Crowned Tooth vs New Guinean planigale

Hydnellum lepidum compared with Planigale novaeguineae

Key Differences

Crowned Tooth is Vulnerable while New Guinean planigale is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crowned Tooth	New Guinean planigale
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)
Family	Bankeraceae	Dasyuridae
Genus	Hydnellum	Planigale
Species	Hydnellum lepidum	Planigale novaeguineae

Conservation Status

Crowned Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

New Guinean planigale

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crowned Tooth	New Guinean planigale
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.