False Puffball vs Gray-headed Flying Fox

Reticularia lycoperdon compared with Pteropus poliocephalus

Key Differences

• False Puffball is Not Evaluated while Gray-headed Flying Fox is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Puffball	Gray-headed Flying Fox
Kingdom	Protozoa (protozoa)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Mycetozoa	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Myxomycetes (Myxomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Cribrariales (Cribrariida)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Tubiferaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Reticularia	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Reticularia lycoperdon	Pteropus poliocephalus

Conservation Status

False Puffball

NE — Not Evaluated

Gray-headed Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Puffball	Gray-headed Flying Fox
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-headed Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.