False Oat-Grass Smut vs Forrest's Rock Squirrel

Urocystis avenae-elatioris compared with Sciurotamias forresti

Key Differences

• False Oat-Grass Smut is Not Evaluated while Forrest's Rock Squirrel is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Oat-Grass Smut	Forrest's Rock Squirrel
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Ustilaginomycetes (Ustilaginomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Urocystidales (Urocystidales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Urocystidaceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Urocystis	Sciurotamias
Species	Urocystis avenae-elatioris	Sciurotamias forresti

Conservation Status

False Oat-Grass Smut

NE — Not Evaluated

Forrest's Rock Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Oat-Grass Smut	Forrest's Rock Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

False Oat-Grass Smut

Forrest's Rock Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.