False Death-Cap vs Little Pocket Mouse

Amanita citrina compared with Perognathus longimembris

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Death-Cap	Little Pocket Mouse
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Agaricaceae (Agarics)	Heteromyidae
Genus	Amanita (Amanitas)	Perognathus
Species	Amanita citrina	Perognathus longimembris

Conservation Status

False Death-Cap

LC — Least Concern

Little Pocket Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Death-Cap	Little Pocket Mouse
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).

Little Pocket Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.