Least Puffball vs Long-clawed Shrew

Bovista pusilla compared with Sorex unguiculatus

Key Differences

• Least Puffball is Data Deficient while Long-clawed Shrew is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Least Puffball	Long-clawed Shrew
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Lycoperdaceae	Soricidae
Genus	Bovista	Sorex
Species	Bovista pusilla	Sorex unguiculatus

Conservation Status

Least Puffball

DD — Data Deficient

Long-clawed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Least Puffball	Long-clawed Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Least Puffball

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (4 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

Long-clawed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.