False Puffball vs Greater Sac-winged Bat

Reticularia lycoperdon compared with Saccopteryx bilineata

Key Differences

• False Puffball is Not Evaluated while Greater Sac-winged Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Puffball	Greater Sac-winged Bat
Kingdom	Protozoa (protozoa)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Mycetozoa	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Myxomycetes (Myxomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Cribrariales (Cribrariida)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Tubiferaceae	Emballonuridae
Genus	Reticularia	Saccopteryx
Species	Reticularia lycoperdon	Saccopteryx bilineata

Conservation Status

False Puffball

NE — Not Evaluated

Greater Sac-winged Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Puffball	Greater Sac-winged 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).

Greater Sac-winged Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.