False Puffball vs Gray-bellied dunnart

Reticularia lycoperdon compared with Sminthopsis griseoventer

Key Differences

• False Puffball is Not Evaluated while Gray-bellied dunnart is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Puffball	Gray-bellied dunnart
Kingdom	Protozoa (protozoa)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Mycetozoa	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Myxomycetes (Myxomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Cribrariales (Cribrariida)	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)
Family	Tubiferaceae	Dasyuridae
Genus	Reticularia	Sminthopsis
Species	Reticularia lycoperdon	Sminthopsis griseoventer

Conservation Status

False Puffball

NE — Not Evaluated

Gray-bellied dunnart

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Puffball	Gray-bellied dunnart
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).

Gray-bellied dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.