Gold Tooth vs Mexican Harvest Mouse

Hydnellum auratile compared with Reithrodontomys mexicanus

Key Differences

Gold Tooth is Vulnerable while Mexican Harvest Mouse is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gold Tooth	Mexican Harvest Mouse
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Bankeraceae	Cricetidae
Genus	Hydnellum	Reithrodontomys
Species	Hydnellum auratile	Reithrodontomys mexicanus

Conservation Status

Gold Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Mexican Harvest Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gold Tooth	Mexican Harvest 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.