False Oat-Grass Smut vs Flat-skulled Shrew

Urocystis avenae-elatioris compared with Sorex roboratus

Key Differences

• False Oat-Grass Smut is Not Evaluated while Flat-skulled Shrew is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Oat-Grass Smut	Flat-skulled Shrew
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Ustilaginomycetes (Ustilaginomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Urocystidales (Urocystidales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Urocystidaceae	Soricidae
Genus	Urocystis	Sorex
Species	Urocystis avenae-elatioris	Sorex roboratus

Conservation Status

False Oat-Grass Smut

NE — Not Evaluated

Flat-skulled Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Oat-Grass Smut	Flat-skulled Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

False Oat-Grass Smut

Flat-skulled Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.