vs Little long-tailed dunnart

Entoloma hispidulum compared with Sminthopsis dolichura

Key Differences

• is Endangered while Little long-tailed dunnart is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Little long-tailed dunnart
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)
Family	Entolomataceae	Dasyuridae
Genus	Entoloma	Sminthopsis
Species	Entoloma hispidulum	Sminthopsis dolichura

Conservation Status

EN — Endangered

Little long-tailed dunnart

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Little long-tailed dunnart
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

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

Range

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

Little long-tailed dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Entoloma hispidulum is an agaric fungus in the family Entolomataceae, assessed as Endangered (EN). It grows in nutrient-poor, unfertilised grasslands that have declined significantly due to agricultural intensification. Its endangered status reflects the severe loss of old, traditionally managed grassland ecosystems across Europe.