vs Maxwell's Duiker

Exobasidium splendidum compared with Philantomba maxwellii

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Maxwell's Duiker
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Exobasidiomycetes (Exobasidiomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Exobasidiales (Exobasidiales)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Exobasidiaceae	Bovidae (Bovids)
Genus	Exobasidium	Philantomba
Species	Exobasidium splendidum	Philantomba maxwellii

Conservation Status

LC — Least Concern

Maxwell's Duiker

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Maxwell's Duiker
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Norway, and Sweden.

Maxwell's Duiker

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Exobasidium splendidum is a parasitic basidiomycete fungus that forms galls and hypertrophied growths on the leaves and stems of host plants in the heath family. It inhabits boreal and montane habitats where Ericaceae shrubs such as Arctostaphylos grow. This parasitic fungus deforms host plant tissue to extract nutrients during its reproductive phase.