Gold Tooth vs Pousargues’s Mongoose

Hydnellum auratile compared with Dologale dybowskii

Key Differences

• Gold Tooth is Vulnerable while Pousargues’s Mongoose is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gold Tooth	Pousargues’s Mongoose
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Bankeraceae	Herpestidae
Genus	Hydnellum	Dologale
Species	Hydnellum auratile	Dologale dybowskii

Conservation Status

Gold Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Pousargues’s Mongoose

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gold Tooth	Pousargues’s Mongoose
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.

Pousargues’s Mongoose

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.