Devil's Tooth vs Fawn-colored Mouse

Hydnellum peckii compared with Mus cervicolor

Key Differences

• Devil's Tooth is Endangered while Fawn-colored Mouse is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Devil's Tooth	Fawn-colored Mouse
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	Mus (House Mice)
Species	Hydnellum peckii	Mus cervicolor

Conservation Status

Devil's Tooth

EN — Endangered

Fawn-colored Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Devil's Tooth	Fawn-colored Mouse
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Devil's Tooth

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Fawn-colored Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.