Gold Tooth vs Masked Mouse-tailed Dormouse

Hydnellum auratile compared with Myomimus personatus

Key Differences

Gold Tooth is Vulnerable while Masked Mouse-tailed Dormouse is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gold Tooth	Masked Mouse-tailed Dormouse
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Bankeraceae	Gliridae
Genus	Hydnellum	Myomimus
Species	Hydnellum auratile	Myomimus personatus

Conservation Status

Gold Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Masked Mouse-tailed Dormouse

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gold Tooth	Masked Mouse-tailed Dormouse
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.