Death Cap vs Four-toed Jerboa

Amanita phalloides compared with Allactaga tetradactyla

Key Differences

• Death Cap is Least Concern while Four-toed Jerboa is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Death Cap	Four-toed Jerboa
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Agaricaceae (Agarics)	Dipodidae
Genus	Amanita (Amanitas)	Allactaga
Species	Amanita phalloides	Allactaga tetradactyla

Conservation Status

Death Cap

LC — Least Concern

Four-toed Jerboa

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Death Cap	Four-toed Jerboa
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Death Cap

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (4 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Chile).

Four-toed Jerboa

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.