Brown Puffball vs Large Short-tailed Rat

Bovista nigrescens compared with Brachyuromys ramirohitra

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown Puffball	Large Short-tailed Rat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Lycoperdaceae	Nesomyidae
Genus	Bovista	Brachyuromys
Species	Bovista nigrescens	Brachyuromys ramirohitra

Conservation Status

Brown Puffball

LC — Least Concern

Large Short-tailed Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown Puffball	Large Short-tailed Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Brown Puffball

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Large Short-tailed Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Brown Puffball

The Brown Puffball (Bovista nigrescens) is a species in the genus Bovista. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.