Grey Puffball vs Pacific Tent-making Bat

Bovista plumbea compared with Uroderma convexum

Key Differences

• Grey Puffball is Least Concern while Pacific Tent-making Bat is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Grey Puffball	Pacific Tent-making Bat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Lycoperdaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Bovista	Uroderma
Species	Bovista plumbea	Uroderma convexum

Conservation Status

Grey Puffball

LC — Least Concern

Pacific Tent-making Bat

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Grey Puffball	Pacific Tent-making Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Grey Puffball

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (5 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

Pacific Tent-making Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador.