False Oat-Grass Smut vs Kozlov’s Pygmy Jerboa

Urocystis avenae-elatioris compared with Salpingotus kozlovi

Key Differences

• False Oat-Grass Smut is Not Evaluated while Kozlov’s Pygmy Jerboa is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Oat-Grass Smut	Kozlov’s Pygmy Jerboa
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Ustilaginomycetes (Ustilaginomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Urocystidales (Urocystidales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Urocystidaceae	Dipodidae
Genus	Urocystis	Salpingotus
Species	Urocystis avenae-elatioris	Salpingotus kozlovi

Conservation Status

False Oat-Grass Smut

NE — Not Evaluated

Kozlov’s Pygmy Jerboa

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Oat-Grass Smut	Kozlov’s Pygmy Jerboa
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

False Oat-Grass Smut

Kozlov’s Pygmy Jerboa

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.