Graceful Tooth vs Mexican woodrat

Hydnellum gracilipes compared with Neotoma mexicana

Key Differences

• Graceful Tooth is Vulnerable while Mexican woodrat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Graceful Tooth	Mexican woodrat
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	Neotoma
Species	Hydnellum gracilipes	Neotoma mexicana

Conservation Status

Graceful Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Mexican woodrat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Graceful Tooth	Mexican woodrat
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.

Mexican woodrat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.