Gold Tooth vs Duiquero de Jentink

Hydnellum auratile compared with Cephalophus jentinki

Key Differences

• Gold Tooth is Vulnerable while Duiquero de Jentink is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gold Tooth	Duiquero de Jentink
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Artiodactyla (artiodáctilos)
Family	Bankeraceae	Bovidae (Bovids)
Genus	Hydnellum	Cephalophus
Species	Hydnellum auratile	Cephalophus jentinki

Conservation Status

Gold Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Duiquero de Jentink

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gold Tooth	Duiquero de Jentink
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gold 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.

Duiquero de Jentink

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.