Cowberry Redleaf vs Dice s Cottontail

Exobasidium vaccinii compared with Sylvilagus dicei

Key Differences

• Cowberry Redleaf is Least Concern while Dice s Cottontail is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cowberry Redleaf	Dice s Cottontail
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Exobasidiomycetes (Exobasidiomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Exobasidiales (Exobasidiales)	Lagomorpha (Rabbits & Hares)
Family	Exobasidiaceae	Leporidae (Rabbits & Hares)
Genus	Exobasidium	Sylvilagus
Species	Exobasidium vaccinii	Sylvilagus dicei

Conservation Status

Cowberry Redleaf

LC — Least Concern

Dice s Cottontail

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cowberry Redleaf	Dice s Cottontail
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cowberry Redleaf

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.

Dice s Cottontail

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.