Gold Tooth vs Peninsular Pocket Mouse

Hydnellum auratile compared with Chaetodipus rudinoris

Key Differences

• Gold Tooth is Vulnerable while Peninsular Pocket Mouse is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gold Tooth	Peninsular Pocket Mouse
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Bankeraceae	Heteromyidae
Genus	Hydnellum	Chaetodipus
Species	Hydnellum auratile	Chaetodipus rudinoris

Conservation Status

Gold Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Peninsular Pocket Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gold Tooth	Peninsular Pocket 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.

Peninsular Pocket Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.