False Death-Cap vs Gray-bellied Night Monkey

Amanita citrina compared with Aotus lemurinus

Key Differences

• False Death-Cap is Least Concern while Gray-bellied Night Monkey is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Death-Cap	Gray-bellied Night Monkey
Kingdom	Fungi (เห็ดรา)	Animalia (สัตว์)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (สัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยน้ำนม)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Primates (อันดับวานร)
Family	Agaricaceae (Agarics)	Aotidae
Genus	Amanita (Amanitas)	Aotus
Species	Amanita citrina	Aotus lemurinus

Conservation Status

False Death-Cap

LC — Least Concern

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Death-Cap	Gray-bellied Night Monkey
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).

Gray-bellied Night Monkey

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.