False Puffball vs Gray-shanked Douc Langur

Reticularia lycoperdon compared with Pygathrix cinerea

Key Differences

• False Puffball is Not Evaluated while Gray-shanked Douc Langur is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Puffball	Gray-shanked Douc Langur
Kingdom	Protozoa (protozoa)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Mycetozoa	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Myxomycetes (Myxomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Cribrariales (Cribrariida)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Tubiferaceae	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Reticularia	Pygathrix
Species	Reticularia lycoperdon	Pygathrix cinerea

Conservation Status

False Puffball

NE — Not Evaluated

Gray-shanked Douc Langur

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Puffball	Gray-shanked Douc Langur
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-shanked Douc Langur

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.