Gold Tooth vs Great Jerboa

Hydnellum auratile compared with Allactaga major

Key Differences

• Gold Tooth is Vulnerable while Great Jerboa is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gold Tooth	Great Jerboa
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (animal)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (mammifères)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Bankeraceae	Dipodidae
Genus	Hydnellum	Allactaga
Species	Hydnellum auratile	Allactaga major

Conservation Status

Gold Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Great Jerboa

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gold Tooth	Great Jerboa
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.

Great Jerboa

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Ukraine.