Crowned Tooth vs Fiery Squirrel

Hydnellum lepidum compared with Sciurus flammifer

Key Differences

Crowned Tooth is Vulnerable while Fiery Squirrel is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crowned Tooth	Fiery Squirrel
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (animal)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (mammifères)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Bankeraceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Hydnellum	Sciurus (Tree Squirrels)
Species	Hydnellum lepidum	Sciurus flammifer

Conservation Status

Crowned Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Fiery Squirrel

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crowned Tooth	Fiery Squirrel
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.