Graceful Tooth vs Northern Palm Squirrel

Hydnellum gracilipes compared with Funambulus pennantii

Key Differences

Graceful Tooth is Vulnerable while Northern Palm Squirrel is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Graceful Tooth	Northern Palm Squirrel
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Bankeraceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Hydnellum	Funambulus
Species	Hydnellum gracilipes	Funambulus pennantii

Conservation Status

Graceful Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Northern Palm Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Graceful Tooth	Northern Palm Squirrel
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.