Box Rust vs Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

Puccinia buxi compared with Diphylla ecaudata

Key Differences

• Box Rust is Not Evaluated while Hairy-legged Vampire Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Box Rust	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Pucciniomycetes (Pucciniomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Pucciniales (Pucciniales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Pucciniaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Puccinia	Diphylla
Species	Puccinia buxi	Diphylla ecaudata

Conservation Status

Box Rust

NE — Not Evaluated

Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Box Rust	Hairy-legged Vampire Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Box Rust

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Germany, Norway, and Portugal.

Hairy-legged Vampire Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.

Box Rust

The Box rust (Puccinia buxi) is a species in the genus Puccinia. Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region. It is found in Belgium, Germany, Norway and Portugal.