False Puffball vs Mountain Goat

Reticularia lycoperdon compared with Oreamnos americanus

Key Differences

• False Puffball is Not Evaluated while Mountain Goat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Puffball	Mountain Goat
Kingdom	Protozoa (protozoa)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Mycetozoa	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Myxomycetes (Myxomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Cribrariales (Cribrariida)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Tubiferaceae	Bovidae (Bovids)
Genus	Reticularia	Oreamnos
Species	Reticularia lycoperdon	Oreamnos americanus

Conservation Status

False Puffball

NE — Not Evaluated

Mountain Goat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Puffball	Mountain Goat
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).

Mountain Goat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.