Devil's Tooth vs Handley s Slender Opossum

Hydnellum peckii compared with Marmosops handleyi

Key Differences

• Devil's Tooth is Endangered while Handley s Slender Opossum is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Devil's Tooth	Handley s Slender Opossum
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Didelphimorphia (Didelphimorphia)
Family	Bankeraceae	Didelphidae
Genus	Hydnellum	Marmosops
Species	Hydnellum peckii	Marmosops handleyi

Conservation Status

Devil's Tooth

EN — Endangered

Handley s Slender Opossum

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Devil's Tooth	Handley s Slender Opossum
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.

Handley s Slender Opossum

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Neotropic and Oceanian realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Colombia. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.