Devil's Tooth vs Indomalayan Bamboo Rat

Hydnellum peckii compared with Rhizomys sumatrensis

Key Differences

Devil's Tooth is Endangered while Indomalayan Bamboo Rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Devil's Tooth	Indomalayan Bamboo Rat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Bankeraceae	Spalacidae
Genus	Hydnellum	Rhizomys
Species	Hydnellum peckii	Rhizomys sumatrensis

Conservation Status

Devil's Tooth

EN — Endangered

Indomalayan Bamboo Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Devil's Tooth	Indomalayan Bamboo Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Devil's Tooth

Habitat

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

Range

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