False Puffball vs Niger Delta Red Colobus

Reticularia lycoperdon compared with Piliocolobus epieni

Key Differences

• False Puffball is Not Evaluated while Niger Delta Red Colobus is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Puffball	Niger Delta Red Colobus
Kingdom	Protozoa (protozoa)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Mycetozoa	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Myxomycetes (Myxomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Cribrariales (Cribrariida)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Tubiferaceae	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Reticularia	Piliocolobus
Species	Reticularia lycoperdon	Piliocolobus epieni

Conservation Status

False Puffball

NE — Not Evaluated

Niger Delta Red Colobus

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Puffball	Niger Delta Red Colobus
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).

Niger Delta Red Colobus

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.