Bitter Tooth vs Black Flying Squirrel

Hydnellum scabrosum compared with Aeromys tephromelas

Key Differences

• Bitter Tooth is Near Threatened while Black Flying Squirrel is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bitter Tooth	Black Flying Squirrel
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Rodentia (Roedores)
Family	Bankeraceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Hydnellum	Aeromys
Species	Hydnellum scabrosum	Aeromys tephromelas

Conservation Status

Bitter Tooth

NT — Near Threatened

Black Flying Squirrel

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bitter Tooth	Black Flying Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bitter Tooth

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Black Flying Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Bitter Tooth

The Bitter Tooth (Hydnellum scabrosum) is a species in the genus Hydnellum. It is currently classified as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Black Flying Squirrel

The Black Flying Squirrel (Aeromys tephromelas) is a species in the genus Aeromys. Its conservation status is listed as Data Deficient, indicating insufficient data for assessment. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.