Orange Tooth vs Pig-footed bandicoot

Hydnellum aurantiacum compared with Chaeropus ecaudatus

Key Differences

Orange Tooth is Endangered while Pig-footed bandicoot is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Orange Tooth	Pig-footed bandicoot
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Peramelemorphia (Peramelemorphia)
Family	Bankeraceae	Chaeropodidae
Genus	Hydnellum	Chaeropus
Species	Hydnellum aurantiacum	Chaeropus ecaudatus

Conservation Status

Orange Tooth

EN — Endangered

Pig-footed bandicoot

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Orange Tooth	Pig-footed bandicoot
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Orange 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 Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.