False Death-Cap vs Long-clawed Shrew

Amanita citrina compared with Sorex unguiculatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Death-Cap	Long-clawed Shrew
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Agaricaceae (Agarics)	Soricidae
Genus	Amanita (Amanitas)	Sorex
Species	Amanita citrina	Sorex unguiculatus

Conservation Status

False Death-Cap

LC — Least Concern

Long-clawed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Death-Cap	Long-clawed Shrew
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).

Long-clawed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.