Crowned Tooth vs Gato Fossa de Madagascar

Hydnellum lepidum compared with Cryptoprocta ferox

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crowned Tooth	Gato Fossa de Madagascar
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Carnivora (carnívoros)
Family	Bankeraceae	Eupleridae
Genus	Hydnellum	Cryptoprocta
Species	Hydnellum lepidum	Cryptoprocta ferox

Conservation Status

Crowned Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Gato Fossa de Madagascar

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crowned Tooth	Gato Fossa de Madagascar
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crowned 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.