Gold Tooth vs Malayan porcupine

Hydnellum auratile compared with Hystrix brachyura

Key Differences

Gold Tooth is Vulnerable while Malayan porcupine is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gold Tooth	Malayan porcupine
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Bankeraceae	Hystricidae
Genus	Hydnellum	Hystrix
Species	Hydnellum auratile	Hystrix brachyura

Conservation Status

Gold Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Malayan porcupine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gold Tooth	Malayan porcupine
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.