Brown Puffball vs Pacific Tent-making Bat

Bovista nigrescens compared with Uroderma convexum

Key Differences

• Brown Puffball is Least Concern while Pacific Tent-making Bat is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown Puffball	Pacific Tent-making Bat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Lycoperdaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Bovista	Uroderma
Species	Bovista nigrescens	Uroderma convexum

Conservation Status

Brown Puffball

LC — Least Concern

Pacific Tent-making Bat

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown Puffball	Pacific Tent-making Bat
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.

Pacific Tent-making Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador.

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.