Devil's Tooth vs Northern Bettong

Hydnellum peckii compared with Bettongia tropica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Devil's Tooth	Northern Bettong
Kingdom	Fungi (เห็ดรา)	Animalia (สัตว์)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (สัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยน้ำนม)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Diprotodontia (Marsupials)
Family	Bankeraceae	Potoroidae
Genus	Hydnellum	Bettongia
Species	Hydnellum peckii	Bettongia tropica

Conservation Status

Devil's Tooth

EN — Endangered

Northern Bettong

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Devil's Tooth	Northern Bettong
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.

Northern Bettong

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.