False Puffball vs Pacific Flying Fox

Reticularia lycoperdon compared with Pteropus tonganus

Key Differences

• False Puffball is Not Evaluated while Pacific Flying Fox is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Puffball	Pacific Flying Fox
Kingdom	Protozoa (protozoa)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Mycetozoa	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Myxomycetes (Myxomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Cribrariales (Cribrariida)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Tubiferaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Reticularia	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Reticularia lycoperdon	Pteropus tonganus

Conservation Status

False Puffball

NE — Not Evaluated

Pacific Flying Fox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Puffball	Pacific Flying Fox
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).

Pacific Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.