Crowned Tooth vs Ornate Shrew

Hydnellum lepidum compared with Sorex ornatus

Key Differences

Crowned Tooth is Vulnerable while Ornate Shrew is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crowned Tooth	Ornate 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	Sorex
Species	Hydnellum lepidum	Sorex ornatus

Conservation Status

Crowned Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Ornate Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crowned Tooth	Ornate 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.