Death Cap vs Malayan Free-tailed Bat

Amanita phalloides compared with Mops mops

Key Differences

• Death Cap is Least Concern while Malayan Free-tailed Bat is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Death Cap	Malayan Free-tailed 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)	Mops
Species	Amanita phalloides	Mops mops

Conservation Status

Death Cap

LC — Least Concern

Malayan Free-tailed Bat

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Death Cap	Malayan Free-tailed 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).

Malayan Free-tailed Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.