Gold Tooth vs Masked Mouse-tailed Dormouse

Hydnellum auratile compared with Myomimus personatus

Key Differences

• Gold Tooth is Vulnerable while Masked Mouse-tailed Dormouse is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gold Tooth	Masked Mouse-tailed Dormouse
Kingdom	Fungi (균계)	Animalia (동물)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (담자균류)	Chordata (척삭동물)
Class	Agaricomycetes (주름버섯강)	Mammalia (포유류)
Order	Thelephorales (사마귀버섯목)	Rodentia (설치류)
Family	Bankeraceae	Gliridae
Genus	Hydnellum	Myomimus
Species	Hydnellum auratile	Myomimus personatus

Conservation Status

Gold Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Masked Mouse-tailed Dormouse

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gold Tooth	Masked Mouse-tailed Dormouse
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gold 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.

Masked Mouse-tailed Dormouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.