Death Cap vs Guianan Bonneted Bat

Amanita phalloides compared with Eumops maurus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Death Cap	Guianan Bonneted Bat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Agaricaceae (Agarics)	Molossidae
Genus	Amanita (Amanitas)	Eumops
Species	Amanita phalloides	Eumops maurus

Conservation Status

Death Cap

LC — Least Concern

Guianan Bonneted Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Death Cap	Guianan Bonneted Bat
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).

Guianan Bonneted Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Ecuador and Venezuela.