Crowned Tooth vs Pig-footed bandicoot

Hydnellum lepidum compared with Chaeropus ecaudatus

Key Differences

Crowned Tooth is Vulnerable while Pig-footed bandicoot is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crowned Tooth	Pig-footed bandicoot
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Peramelemorphia (Peramelemorphia)
Family	Bankeraceae	Chaeropodidae
Genus	Hydnellum	Chaeropus
Species	Hydnellum lepidum	Chaeropus ecaudatus

Conservation Status

Crowned Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Pig-footed bandicoot

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crowned Tooth	Pig-footed bandicoot
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.