Mealy Tooth vs Ornate Shrew

Hydnellum ferrugineum compared with Sorex ornatus

Key Differences

Mealy Tooth is Vulnerable while Ornate Shrew is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Mealy Tooth	Ornate Shrew
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Bankeraceae	Soricidae
Genus	Hydnellum	Sorex
Species	Hydnellum ferrugineum	Sorex ornatus

Conservation Status

Mealy Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Ornate Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Mealy Tooth	Ornate Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Mealy Tooth

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.