Butter-Foot Bolete vs Onca

Boletus auripes compared with Panthera onca

Key Differences

Butter-Foot Bolete is Not Evaluated while Onca is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Butter-Foot Bolete	Onca
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Boletales (Boletales)	Carnivora (carnívoros)
Family	Boletaceae	Felidae (Cats)
Genus	Boletus	Panthera (Big Cats)
Species	Boletus auripes	Panthera onca

Conservation Status

Butter-Foot Bolete

NE — Not Evaluated

Onca

NT — Near Threatened

Population: ~64.0K

Trend: Decreasing ↓

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Butter-Foot Bolete	Onca
Diet	—	Carnivore
Average Lifespan	—	15 years
Average Length	—	1.9 m
Average Weight	—	100.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Butter-Foot Bolete

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Taiwan and United States.

Onca

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 6 distinct biome types spanning the Neotropic and Oceanian realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Butter-Foot Bolete

The Butter-Foot Bolete (Boletus auripes) is a species in the genus Boletus. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Onca

O maior felino das Américas, atingindo até 100 kg com corpo robusto e musculoso e pelagem com padrão de rosetas característico. Encontrado do México até a América do Sul, com populações mais expressivas na Amazônia e no Pantanal. Nadadores poderosos e predadores de topo, os jaguares desempenham papel fundamental na regulação das populações de presas. Classificado como Quase Ameaçado, com sua área de ocorrência diminuindo devido ao desmatamento.