Devil's Tooth vs Five-toed Pygmy Jerboa

Hydnellum peckii compared with Cardiocranius paradoxus

Key Differences

• Devil's Tooth is Endangered while Five-toed Pygmy Jerboa is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Devil's Tooth	Five-toed Pygmy Jerboa
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Rodentia (Roedores)
Family	Bankeraceae	Dipodidae
Genus	Hydnellum	Cardiocranius
Species	Hydnellum peckii	Cardiocranius paradoxus

Conservation Status

Devil's Tooth

EN — Endangered

Five-toed Pygmy Jerboa

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Devil's Tooth	Five-toed Pygmy Jerboa
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.

Five-toed Pygmy Jerboa

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.