Cow-Wheat Clustercup Rust vs Mexican Ground Squirrel

Puccinia nemoralis compared with Ictidomys mexicanus

Key Differences

• Cow-Wheat Clustercup Rust is Not Evaluated while Mexican Ground Squirrel is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cow-Wheat Clustercup Rust	Mexican Ground Squirrel
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Pucciniomycetes (Pucciniomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Pucciniales (Pucciniales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Pucciniaceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Puccinia	Ictidomys
Species	Puccinia nemoralis	Ictidomys mexicanus

Conservation Status

Cow-Wheat Clustercup Rust

NE — Not Evaluated

Mexican Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cow-Wheat Clustercup Rust	Mexican Ground Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cow-Wheat Clustercup Rust

Mexican Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.