Devil's Tooth vs Gray-bellied Rice Rat

Hydnellum peckii compared with Nephelomys moerex

Key Differences

Devil's Tooth is Endangered while Gray-bellied Rice Rat is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Devil's Tooth	Gray-bellied Rice Rat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Rodentia (Roedores)
Family	Bankeraceae	Cricetidae
Genus	Hydnellum	Nephelomys
Species	Hydnellum peckii	Nephelomys moerex

Conservation Status

Devil's Tooth

EN — Endangered

Gray-bellied Rice Rat

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Devil's Tooth	Gray-bellied Rice 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.