Graceful Tooth vs Hairy-tailed Tree Rat

Hydnellum gracilipes compared with Brachytarsomys villosa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Graceful Tooth	Hairy-tailed Tree Rat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Bankeraceae	Nesomyidae
Genus	Hydnellum	Brachytarsomys
Species	Hydnellum gracilipes	Brachytarsomys villosa

Conservation Status

Graceful Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Hairy-tailed Tree Rat

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Graceful Tooth	Hairy-tailed Tree Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Graceful 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.