False Oat-Grass Smut vs Giant Mole Shrew

Urocystis avenae-elatioris compared with Blarina brevicauda

Key Differences

• False Oat-Grass Smut is Not Evaluated while Giant Mole Shrew is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Oat-Grass Smut	Giant Mole 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	Blarina
Species	Urocystis avenae-elatioris	Blarina brevicauda

Conservation Status

False Oat-Grass Smut

NE — Not Evaluated

Giant Mole Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Oat-Grass Smut	Giant Mole Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

False Oat-Grass Smut

Giant Mole Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in United States.