Cat Dapperling vs Suricate

Lepiota felina compared with Suricata suricatta

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cat Dapperling	Suricate
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (animal)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (mammifères)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Carnivora (carnivores)
Family	Agaricaceae (Agarics)	Herpestidae
Genus	Lepiota	Suricata
Species	Lepiota felina	Suricata suricatta

Conservation Status

Cat Dapperling

LC — Least Concern

Suricate

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cat Dapperling	Suricate
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cat Dapperling

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (5 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

Suricate

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium and Ecuador.

Cat Dapperling

The Cat Dapperling (Lepiota felina) is a species in the genus Lepiota. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.