Devil's Tooth vs Mexican Agouti

Hydnellum peckii compared with Dasyprocta mexicana

Key Differences

• Devil's Tooth is Endangered while Mexican Agouti is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Devil's Tooth	Mexican Agouti
Kingdom	Fungi (균계)	Animalia (동물)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (담자균류)	Chordata (척삭동물)
Class	Agaricomycetes (주름버섯강)	Mammalia (포유류)
Order	Thelephorales (사마귀버섯목)	Rodentia (설치류)
Family	Bankeraceae	Dasyproctidae
Genus	Hydnellum	Dasyprocta
Species	Hydnellum peckii	Dasyprocta mexicana

Conservation Status

Devil's Tooth

EN — Endangered

Mexican Agouti

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Devil's Tooth	Mexican Agouti
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.

Mexican Agouti

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Found in Cuba. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.