Sambar de Java vs Violet Tooth

Rusa timorensis compared with Hydnellum ioeides

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Sambar de Java	Violet Tooth
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Artiodactyla (artiodáctilos)	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)
Family	Cervidae (Deer)	Bankeraceae
Genus	Rusa	Hydnellum
Species	Rusa timorensis	Hydnellum ioeides

Conservation Status

Sambar de Java

VU — Vulnerable

Violet Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Sambar de Java	Violet Tooth
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Sambar de Java

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, tundra, and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests spanning the Australasia and Afrotropic and Oceanian realms.

Range

Distributed across Mauritius, New Zealand, and Norway. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Violet Tooth

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway, Sweden, and United States. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.