Cowberry Redleaf vs Gray-bellied Rice Rat

Exobasidium vaccinii compared with Nephelomys moerex

Key Differences

• Cowberry Redleaf is Least Concern while Gray-bellied Rice Rat is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cowberry Redleaf	Gray-bellied Rice Rat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Exobasidiomycetes (Exobasidiomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Exobasidiales (Exobasidiales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Exobasidiaceae	Cricetidae
Genus	Exobasidium	Nephelomys
Species	Exobasidium vaccinii	Nephelomys moerex

Conservation Status

Cowberry Redleaf

LC — Least Concern

Gray-bellied Rice Rat

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cowberry Redleaf	Gray-bellied Rice Rat
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.

Gray-bellied Rice Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Ecuador.