Death Cap vs Peruvian night monkey

Amanita phalloides compared with Aotus miconax

Key Differences

• Death Cap is Least Concern while Peruvian night monkey is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Death Cap	Peruvian night monkey
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Agaricaceae (Agarics)	Aotidae
Genus	Amanita (Amanitas)	Aotus
Species	Amanita phalloides	Aotus miconax

Conservation Status

Death Cap

LC — Least Concern

Peruvian night monkey

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Death Cap	Peruvian night monkey
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).

Peruvian night monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.