False Puffball vs Ooldea dunnart

Reticularia lycoperdon compared with Sminthopsis ooldea

Key Differences

• False Puffball is Not Evaluated while Ooldea dunnart is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Puffball	Ooldea dunnart
Kingdom	Protozoa (protozoa)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Mycetozoa	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Myxomycetes (Myxomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Cribrariales (Cribrariida)	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)
Family	Tubiferaceae	Dasyuridae
Genus	Reticularia	Sminthopsis
Species	Reticularia lycoperdon	Sminthopsis ooldea

Conservation Status

False Puffball

NE — Not Evaluated

Ooldea dunnart

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Puffball	Ooldea dunnart
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).

Ooldea dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.