Least Puffball vs Pacific Tent-making Bat

Bovista pusilla compared with Uroderma convexum

Key Differences

• Least Puffball is Data Deficient while Pacific Tent-making Bat is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Least 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 pusilla	Uroderma convexum

Conservation Status

Least Puffball

DD — Data Deficient

Pacific Tent-making Bat

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Least Puffball	Pacific Tent-making Bat
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).

Pacific Tent-making Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador.