False Death-Cap vs Orange-throated Bat

Amanita citrina compared with Lampronycteris brachyotis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Death-Cap	Orange-throated 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)	Lampronycteris
Species	Amanita citrina	Lampronycteris brachyotis

Conservation Status

False Death-Cap

LC — Least Concern

Orange-throated Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Death-Cap	Orange-throated 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).

Orange-throated Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.