Gold Tooth vs Mexican cottontail

Hydnellum auratile compared with Sylvilagus cunicularius

Key Differences

• Gold Tooth is Vulnerable while Mexican cottontail is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gold Tooth	Mexican cottontail
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Lagomorpha (Rabbits & Hares)
Family	Bankeraceae	Leporidae (Rabbits & Hares)
Genus	Hydnellum	Sylvilagus
Species	Hydnellum auratile	Sylvilagus cunicularius

Conservation Status

Gold Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Mexican cottontail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gold Tooth	Mexican cottontail
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.

Mexican cottontail

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.