False Oat-Grass Smut vs Gray-headed Flying Fox

Urocystis avenae-elatioris compared with Pteropus poliocephalus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Oat-Grass Smut	Gray-headed 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 poliocephalus

Conservation Status

False Oat-Grass Smut

NE — Not Evaluated

Gray-headed Flying Fox

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

False Oat-Grass Smut

Gray-headed Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.