False Puffball vs Golden-capped Fruit Bat

Reticularia lycoperdon compared with Acerodon jubatus

Key Differences

• False Puffball is Not Evaluated while Golden-capped Fruit Bat is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Puffball	Golden-capped Fruit Bat
Kingdom	Protozoa (原生動物)	Animalia (動物)
Phylum	Mycetozoa	Chordata (脊索動物)
Class	Myxomycetes (変形菌綱)	Mammalia (哺乳類)
Order	Cribrariales (Cribrariida)	Chiroptera (翼手目)
Family	Tubiferaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Reticularia	Acerodon
Species	Reticularia lycoperdon	Acerodon jubatus

Conservation Status

False Puffball

NE — Not Evaluated

Golden-capped Fruit Bat

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Puffball	Golden-capped Fruit Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

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).

Golden-capped Fruit Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.