Gold Tooth vs Hamadryas baboon

Hydnellum auratile compared with Papio hamadryas

Key Differences

• Gold Tooth is Vulnerable while Hamadryas baboon is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gold Tooth	Hamadryas baboon
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Bankeraceae	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Hydnellum	Papio
Species	Hydnellum auratile	Papio hamadryas

Conservation Status

Gold Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Hamadryas baboon

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gold Tooth	Hamadryas baboon
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.

Hamadryas baboon

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Colombia.