False Puffball vs Greater Chinese Mole

Reticularia lycoperdon compared with Euroscaptor grandis

Key Differences

• False Puffball is Not Evaluated while Greater Chinese Mole is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Puffball	Greater Chinese Mole
Kingdom	Protozoa (protozoa)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Mycetozoa	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Myxomycetes (Myxomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Cribrariales (Cribrariida)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Tubiferaceae	Talpidae
Genus	Reticularia	Euroscaptor
Species	Reticularia lycoperdon	Euroscaptor grandis

Conservation Status

False Puffball

NE — Not Evaluated

Greater Chinese Mole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Puffball	Greater Chinese Mole
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).

Greater Chinese Mole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.