Devil's Tooth vs Mountain Water Rat

Hydnellum peckii compared with Baiyankamys habbema

Key Differences

Devil's Tooth is Endangered while Mountain Water Rat is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Devil's Tooth	Mountain Water Rat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Rodentia (Roedores)
Family	Bankeraceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Hydnellum	Baiyankamys
Species	Hydnellum peckii	Baiyankamys habbema

Conservation Status

Devil's Tooth

EN — Endangered

Mountain Water Rat

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Devil's Tooth	Mountain Water 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.