Ecureuil gris vs False Puffball

Sciurus carolinensis compared with Reticularia lycoperdon

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ecureuil gris	False Puffball
Kingdom	Animalia (animal)	Protozoa (protozoaire)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Mycetozoa
Class	Mammalia (mammifères)	Myxomycetes (Myxomycetes)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Cribrariales (Cribrariida)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Tubiferaceae
Genus	Sciurus (Tree Squirrels)	Reticularia
Species	Sciurus carolinensis	Reticularia lycoperdon

Conservation Status

Ecureuil gris

NE — Not Evaluated

Trend: Stable →

False Puffball

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ecureuil gris	False Puffball
Diet	Omnivore	—
Average Lifespan	6 years	—
Average Length	25 cm	—
Average Weight	500 g	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ecureuil gris

Habitat

Typically found in a wide range of habitat types.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Indonesia), Europe (10 countries), and North America (Mexico, United States).

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).

Ecureuil gris

Native to eastern North America but successfully introduced to Europe and other regions, the eastern gray squirrel is a medium-sized arboreal rodent weighing up to 600 g. Highly adaptable, thriving in forests, parks, and urban gardens, gray squirrels cache thousands of nuts and seeds each autumn, inadvertently planting trees through forgotten caches. In Britain, they have largely displaced the native red squirrel by outcompeting them for food.