False Puffball vs Gobi Big Brown Bat

Reticularia lycoperdon compared with Eptesicus gobiensis

Key Differences

• False Puffball is Not Evaluated while Gobi Big Brown Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Puffball	Gobi Big Brown Bat
Kingdom	Protozoa (protozoa)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Mycetozoa	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Myxomycetes (Myxomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Cribrariales (Cribrariida)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Tubiferaceae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Reticularia	Eptesicus
Species	Reticularia lycoperdon	Eptesicus gobiensis

Conservation Status

False Puffball

NE — Not Evaluated

Gobi Big Brown Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Puffball	Gobi Big Brown Bat
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).

Gobi Big Brown Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.