Gold Tooth vs Gray-bellied dunnart

Hydnellum auratile compared with Sminthopsis griseoventer

Key Differences

Gold Tooth is Vulnerable while Gray-bellied dunnart is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gold Tooth	Gray-bellied dunnart
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)
Family	Bankeraceae	Dasyuridae
Genus	Hydnellum	Sminthopsis
Species	Hydnellum auratile	Sminthopsis griseoventer

Conservation Status

Gold Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Gray-bellied dunnart

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gold Tooth	Gray-bellied dunnart
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gold 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.