False Oat-Grass Smut vs Gray Flying Fox

Urocystis avenae-elatioris compared with Pteropus griseus

Key Differences

• False Oat-Grass Smut is Not Evaluated while Gray Flying Fox is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Oat-Grass Smut	Gray Flying Fox
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Ustilaginomycetes (Ustilaginomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Urocystidales (Urocystidales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Urocystidaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Urocystis	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Urocystis avenae-elatioris	Pteropus griseus

Conservation Status

False Oat-Grass Smut

NE — Not Evaluated

Gray Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Oat-Grass Smut	Gray Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

False Oat-Grass Smut

Gray Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.