False Oat-Grass Smut vs Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse

Urocystis avenae-elatioris compared with Calomyscus hotsoni

Key Differences

• False Oat-Grass Smut is Not Evaluated while Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Oat-Grass Smut	Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Ustilaginomycetes (Ustilaginomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Urocystidales (Urocystidales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Urocystidaceae	Calomyscidae
Genus	Urocystis	Calomyscus
Species	Urocystis avenae-elatioris	Calomyscus hotsoni

Conservation Status

False Oat-Grass Smut

NE — Not Evaluated

Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Oat-Grass Smut	Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

False Oat-Grass Smut

Hotson’s Brush-tailed Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.