Devil's Tooth vs Northern Bettong

Hydnellum peckii compared with Bettongia tropica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Devil's Tooth	Northern Bettong
Kingdom	Fungi (फफूंद)	Animalia (प्राणी)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (रज्जुकी)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (स्तनधारी)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Diprotodontia (डाएप्रोटोडोंटिया)
Family	Bankeraceae	Potoroidae
Genus	Hydnellum	Bettongia
Species	Hydnellum peckii	Bettongia tropica

Conservation Status

Devil's Tooth

EN — Endangered

Northern Bettong

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Devil's Tooth	Northern Bettong
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Devil's Tooth

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Northern Bettong

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.