Alpaca vs Tumbling Puffball

Vicugna pacos compared with Bovista pila

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Alpaca	Tumbling Puffball
Kingdom	Animalia (動物)	Fungi (菌界)
Phylum	Chordata (脊索動物)	Basidiomycota (担子菌門)
Class	Mammalia (哺乳類)	Agaricomycetes (真正担子菌綱)
Order	Artiodactyla (偶蹄目)	Agaricales (ハラタケ目)
Family	Camelidae (Camels)	Lycoperdaceae
Genus	Vicugna	Bovista
Species	Vicugna pacos	Bovista pila

Conservation Status

Alpaca

NE — Not Evaluated

Tumbling Puffball

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Alpaca	Tumbling Puffball
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Alpaca

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Ecuador, Nepal, and Norway.

Tumbling Puffball

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil and United States.

Alpaca

The Alpaca (Vicugna pacos) is a species in the genus Vicugna. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.