Cowberry Redleaf vs Mound-building Mouse

Exobasidium vaccinii compared with Mus spicilegus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Cowberry Redleaf Mound-building Mouse
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 Mus (House Mice)
Species Exobasidium vaccinii Mus spicilegus

Conservation Status

Cowberry Redleaf

LC — Least Concern

Mound-building Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Cowberry Redleaf Mound-building Mouse
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.

Mound-building Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Cowberry Redleaf

No description available.

Mound-building Mouse

No description available.

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