Death Cap vs Long-tailed dunnart

Amanita phalloides compared with Sminthopsis longicaudata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Death Cap	Long-tailed dunnart
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)
Family	Agaricaceae (Agarics)	Dasyuridae
Genus	Amanita (Amanitas)	Sminthopsis
Species	Amanita phalloides	Sminthopsis longicaudata

Conservation Status

Death Cap

LC — Least Concern

Long-tailed dunnart

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Death Cap	Long-tailed dunnart
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).

Long-tailed dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.