False Puffball vs Guam Flying Fox

Reticularia lycoperdon compared with Pteropus tokudae

Key Differences

• False Puffball is Not Evaluated while Guam Flying Fox is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Puffball	Guam 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 tokudae

Conservation Status

False Puffball

NE — Not Evaluated

Guam Flying Fox

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Puffball	Guam 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).

Guam Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.