Devil's Tooth vs Oriental House Rat

Hydnellum peckii compared with Rattus tanezumi

Key Differences

• Devil's Tooth is Endangered while Oriental House Rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Devil's Tooth	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom	Fungi (균계)	Animalia (동물)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (담자균류)	Chordata (척삭동물)
Class	Agaricomycetes (주름버섯강)	Mammalia (포유류)
Order	Thelephorales (사마귀버섯목)	Rodentia (설치류)
Family	Bankeraceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Hydnellum	Rattus
Species	Hydnellum peckii	Rattus tanezumi

Conservation Status

Devil's Tooth

EN — Endangered

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Devil's Tooth	Oriental House Rat
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.

Oriental House Rat

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Eswatini, Lesotho, South Africa), Asia (Philippines, Taiwan), and Oceania and the Pacific (Kiribati).