Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse vs Stinking Slime Truffle

Calomyscus hotsoni compared with Melanogaster ambiguus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse	Stinking Slime Truffle
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Boletales (Boletales)
Family	Calomyscidae	Paxillaceae
Genus	Calomyscus	Melanogaster
Species	Calomyscus hotsoni	Melanogaster ambiguus

Conservation Status

Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Stinking Slime Truffle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse	Stinking Slime Truffle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Stinking Slime Truffle

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.