Gold Tooth vs Pied Tamarin

Hydnellum auratile compared with Saguinus bicolor

Key Differences

Gold Tooth is Vulnerable while Pied Tamarin is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gold Tooth	Pied Tamarin
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Bankeraceae	Callitrichidae
Genus	Hydnellum	Saguinus
Species	Hydnellum auratile	Saguinus bicolor

Conservation Status

Gold Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Pied Tamarin

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gold Tooth	Pied Tamarin
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.