vs Mountain Gazelle

Exobasidium splendidum compared with Gazella gazella

Key Differences

• is Least Concern while Mountain Gazelle is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Mountain Gazelle
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	Gazella
Species	Exobasidium splendidum	Gazella gazella

Conservation Status

LC — Least Concern

Mountain Gazelle

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Mountain Gazelle
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.

Mountain Gazelle

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.