Cowberry Redleaf vs Japanese Hare

Exobasidium vaccinii compared with Lepus brachyurus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cowberry Redleaf	Japanese Hare
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	Lepus
Species	Exobasidium vaccinii	Lepus brachyurus

Conservation Status

Cowberry Redleaf

LC — Least Concern

Japanese Hare

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cowberry Redleaf	Japanese Hare
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.

Japanese Hare

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.