Crowned Tooth vs Fat-tailed Jird

Hydnellum lepidum compared with Pachyuromys duprasi

Key Differences

• Crowned Tooth is Vulnerable while Fat-tailed Jird is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crowned Tooth	Fat-tailed Jird
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	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Hydnellum	Pachyuromys
Species	Hydnellum lepidum	Pachyuromys duprasi

Conservation Status

Crowned Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Fat-tailed Jird

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crowned Tooth	Fat-tailed Jird
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.

Fat-tailed Jird

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.