Cowberry Redleaf vs Himalayan Rat

Exobasidium vaccinii compared with Rattus pyctoris

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cowberry Redleaf	Himalayan Rat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Exobasidiomycetes (Exobasidiomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Exobasidiales (Exobasidiales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Exobasidiaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Exobasidium	Rattus
Species	Exobasidium vaccinii	Rattus pyctoris

Conservation Status

Cowberry Redleaf

LC — Least Concern

Himalayan Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cowberry Redleaf	Himalayan 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.

Himalayan Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.