Gold Tooth vs Gray-footed Spiny-rat

Hydnellum auratile compared with Proechimys poliopus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gold Tooth	Gray-footed Spiny-rat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (animal)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (mammifères)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Bankeraceae	Echimyidae
Genus	Hydnellum	Proechimys
Species	Hydnellum auratile	Proechimys poliopus

Conservation Status

Gold Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Gray-footed Spiny-rat

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gold Tooth	Gray-footed Spiny-rat
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.