False Puffball vs Painted Woolly Bat

Reticularia lycoperdon compared with Kerivoula picta

Key Differences

• False Puffball is Not Evaluated while Painted Woolly Bat is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Puffball	Painted Woolly Bat
Kingdom	Protozoa (protozoa)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Mycetozoa	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Myxomycetes (Myxomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Cribrariales (Cribrariida)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Tubiferaceae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Reticularia	Kerivoula
Species	Reticularia lycoperdon	Kerivoula picta

Conservation Status

False Puffball

NE — Not Evaluated

Painted Woolly Bat

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Puffball	Painted Woolly Bat
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).

Painted Woolly Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.