False Oat-Grass Smut vs Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel

Urocystis avenae-elatioris compared with Belomys pearsonii

Key Differences

• False Oat-Grass Smut is Not Evaluated while Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Oat-Grass Smut	Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Ustilaginomycetes (Ustilaginomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Urocystidales (Urocystidales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Urocystidaceae	Sciuridae (Squirrels)
Genus	Urocystis	Belomys
Species	Urocystis avenae-elatioris	Belomys pearsonii

Conservation Status

False Oat-Grass Smut

NE — Not Evaluated

Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Oat-Grass Smut	Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

False Oat-Grass Smut

Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.