False Puffball vs Great Fruit-eating Bat

Reticularia lycoperdon compared with Artibeus lituratus

Key Differences

• False Puffball is Not Evaluated while Great Fruit-eating Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Puffball	Great Fruit-eating Bat
Kingdom	Protozoa (protozoa)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Mycetozoa	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Myxomycetes (Myxomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Cribrariales (Cribrariida)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Tubiferaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Reticularia	Artibeus
Species	Reticularia lycoperdon	Artibeus lituratus

Conservation Status

False Puffball

NE — Not Evaluated

Great Fruit-eating Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Puffball	Great Fruit-eating 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).

Great Fruit-eating Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.