False Puffball vs Jamaican fruit bat

Reticularia lycoperdon compared with Artibeus jamaicensis

Key Differences

• False Puffball is Not Evaluated while Jamaican fruit bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Puffball	Jamaican fruit 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 jamaicensis

Conservation Status

False Puffball

NE — Not Evaluated

Jamaican fruit bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Puffball	Jamaican fruit 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).

Jamaican fruit bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Colombia.