Fragrant Bracket vs Mexican Agouti

Trametes suaveolens compared with Dasyprocta mexicana

Key Differences

• Fragrant Bracket is Endangered while Mexican Agouti is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fragrant Bracket	Mexican Agouti
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polyporales (Polyporales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Polyporaceae	Dasyproctidae
Genus	Trametes	Dasyprocta
Species	Trametes suaveolens	Dasyprocta mexicana

Conservation Status

Fragrant Bracket

EN — Endangered

Mexican Agouti

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fragrant Bracket	Mexican Agouti
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fragrant Bracket

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, Mediterranean forests and woodlands, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (4 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Chile). Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Mexican Agouti

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Found in Cuba. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.