False Oat-Grass Smut vs Fossa

Urocystis avenae-elatioris compared with Cryptoprocta ferox

Key Differences

• False Oat-Grass Smut is Not Evaluated while Fossa is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Oat-Grass Smut	Fossa
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Ustilaginomycetes (Ustilaginomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Urocystidales (Urocystidales)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Urocystidaceae	Eupleridae
Genus	Urocystis	Cryptoprocta
Species	Urocystis avenae-elatioris	Cryptoprocta ferox

Conservation Status

False Oat-Grass Smut

NE — Not Evaluated

Fossa

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Oat-Grass Smut	Fossa
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

False Oat-Grass Smut

Fossa

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.