False Puffball vs Fat-tailed false antechinus

Reticularia lycoperdon compared with Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis

Key Differences

• False Puffball is Not Evaluated while Fat-tailed false antechinus is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Puffball	Fat-tailed false antechinus
Kingdom	Protozoa (protozoa)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Mycetozoa	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Myxomycetes (Myxomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Cribrariales (Cribrariida)	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)
Family	Tubiferaceae	Dasyuridae
Genus	Reticularia	Pseudantechinus
Species	Reticularia lycoperdon	Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis

Conservation Status

False Puffball

NE — Not Evaluated

Fat-tailed false antechinus

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Puffball	Fat-tailed false antechinus
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

False Puffball

Habitat

Native to Asia and Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (5 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

Fat-tailed false antechinus

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.