False Death-Cap vs Jamaican fruit bat

Amanita citrina compared with Artibeus jamaicensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Death-Cap	Jamaican fruit 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)	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Amanita (Amanitas)	Artibeus
Species	Amanita citrina	Artibeus jamaicensis

Conservation Status

False Death-Cap

LC — Least Concern

Jamaican fruit bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Death-Cap	Jamaican fruit bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

False Death-Cap

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and North America (United States).

Jamaican fruit bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Colombia.