False Death-Cap vs Malayan porcupine

Amanita citrina compared with Hystrix brachyura

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Death-Cap	Malayan porcupine
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)	Hystricidae
Genus	Amanita (Amanitas)	Hystrix
Species	Amanita citrina	Hystrix brachyura

Conservation Status

False Death-Cap

LC — Least Concern

Malayan porcupine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Death-Cap	Malayan porcupine
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).

Malayan porcupine

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, France, Netherlands, Norway, and United Kingdom.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇳🇴 Norway