Devil's Tooth vs Japanese Water Shrew

Hydnellum peckii compared with Chimarrogale platycephalus

Key Differences

• Devil's Tooth is Endangered while Japanese Water Shrew is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Devil's Tooth	Japanese Water 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	Chimarrogale
Species	Hydnellum peckii	Chimarrogale platycephalus

Conservation Status

Devil's Tooth

EN — Endangered

Japanese Water Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Devil's Tooth	Japanese Water Shrew
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.

Japanese Water Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.