False Death-Cap vs Great Flying Fox

Amanita citrina compared with Pteropus neohibernicus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank False Death-Cap Great Flying Fox
Kingdom Fungi (เห็ดรา) Animalia (สัตว์)
Phylum Basidiomycota (Club Fungi) Chordata (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง)
Class Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms) Mammalia (สัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยน้ำนม)
Order Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms) Chiroptera (ค้างคาว)
Family Agaricaceae (Agarics) Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus Amanita (Amanitas) Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species Amanita citrina Pteropus neohibernicus

Conservation Status

False Death-Cap

LC — Least Concern

Great Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute False Death-Cap Great Flying Fox
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).

Great Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

False Death-Cap

No description available.

Great Flying Fox

No description available.

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