False Puffball vs Masked Tita

Reticularia lycoperdon compared with Callicebus personatus

Key Differences

• False Puffball is Not Evaluated while Masked Tita is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Puffball	Masked Tita
Kingdom	Protozoa (protozoa)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Mycetozoa	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Myxomycetes (Myxomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Cribrariales (Cribrariida)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Tubiferaceae	Pitheciidae
Genus	Reticularia	Callicebus
Species	Reticularia lycoperdon	Callicebus personatus

Conservation Status

False Puffball

NE — Not Evaluated

Masked Tita

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Puffball	Masked Tita
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).

Masked Tita

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.