Crowned Tooth vs Desert Dormouse

Hydnellum lepidum compared with Selevinia betpakdalaensis

Key Differences

• Crowned Tooth is Vulnerable while Desert Dormouse is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crowned Tooth	Desert Dormouse
Kingdom	Fungi (菌界)	Animalia (動物)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (担子菌門)	Chordata (脊索動物)
Class	Agaricomycetes (真正担子菌綱)	Mammalia (哺乳類)
Order	Thelephorales (イボタケ目)	Rodentia (ネズミ目)
Family	Bankeraceae	Gliridae
Genus	Hydnellum	Selevinia
Species	Hydnellum lepidum	Selevinia betpakdalaensis

Conservation Status

Crowned Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Desert Dormouse

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crowned Tooth	Desert Dormouse
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.

Desert Dormouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.