Cowberry Redleaf vs Mexican cottontail

Exobasidium vaccinii compared with Sylvilagus cunicularius

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cowberry Redleaf	Mexican 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 cunicularius

Conservation Status

Cowberry Redleaf

LC — Least Concern

Mexican cottontail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cowberry Redleaf	Mexican 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.

Mexican cottontail

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.