Crowned Tooth vs Ornate Cuscus

Hydnellum lepidum compared with Phalanger ornatus

Key Differences

• Crowned Tooth is Vulnerable while Ornate Cuscus is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crowned Tooth	Ornate Cuscus
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Diprotodontia (Marsupials)
Family	Bankeraceae	Phalangeridae
Genus	Hydnellum	Phalanger
Species	Hydnellum lepidum	Phalanger ornatus

Conservation Status

Crowned Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Ornate Cuscus

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crowned Tooth	Ornate Cuscus
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.

Ornate Cuscus

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.