False Oat-Grass Smut vs Gray Red-backed Vole

Urocystis avenae-elatioris compared with Myodes rufocanus

Key Differences

• False Oat-Grass Smut is Not Evaluated while Gray Red-backed Vole is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Oat-Grass Smut	Gray Red-backed Vole
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Ustilaginomycetes (Ustilaginomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Urocystidales (Urocystidales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Urocystidaceae	Cricetidae
Genus	Urocystis	Myodes
Species	Urocystis avenae-elatioris	Myodes rufocanus

Conservation Status

False Oat-Grass Smut

NE — Not Evaluated

Gray Red-backed Vole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Oat-Grass Smut	Gray Red-backed Vole
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

False Oat-Grass Smut

Gray Red-backed Vole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Norway.