False Puffball vs Malayan civet

Reticularia lycoperdon compared with Viverra tangalunga

Key Differences

• False Puffball is Not Evaluated while Malayan civet is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Puffball	Malayan civet
Kingdom	Protozoa (protozoa)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Mycetozoa	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Myxomycetes (Myxomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Cribrariales (Cribrariida)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Tubiferaceae	Viverridae
Genus	Reticularia	Viverra
Species	Reticularia lycoperdon	Viverra tangalunga

Conservation Status

False Puffball

NE — Not Evaluated

Malayan civet

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Puffball	Malayan civet
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).

Malayan civet

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.