Gold Tooth vs Isarog Shrew Mouse

Hydnellum auratile compared with Archboldomys luzonensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gold Tooth	Isarog Shrew Mouse
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Bankeraceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Hydnellum	Archboldomys
Species	Hydnellum auratile	Archboldomys luzonensis

Conservation Status

Gold Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Isarog Shrew Mouse

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gold Tooth	Isarog Shrew Mouse
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.