False Puffball vs Four-toed Hedgehog

Reticularia lycoperdon compared with Atelerix albiventris

Key Differences

• False Puffball is Not Evaluated while Four-toed Hedgehog is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Puffball	Four-toed Hedgehog
Kingdom	Protozoa (protozoa)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Mycetozoa	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Myxomycetes (Myxomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Cribrariales (Cribrariida)	Erinaceomorpha (Erinaceomorpha)
Family	Tubiferaceae	Erinaceidae
Genus	Reticularia	Atelerix
Species	Reticularia lycoperdon	Atelerix albiventris

Conservation Status

False Puffball

NE — Not Evaluated

Four-toed Hedgehog

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Puffball	Four-toed Hedgehog
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).

Four-toed Hedgehog

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Ecuador and Spain.