False Oat-Grass Smut vs Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa

Urocystis avenae-elatioris compared with Pygeretmus platyurus

Key Differences

• False Oat-Grass Smut is Not Evaluated while Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Oat-Grass Smut	Lesser Fat-tailed 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	Pygeretmus
Species	Urocystis avenae-elatioris	Pygeretmus platyurus

Conservation Status

False Oat-Grass Smut

NE — Not Evaluated

Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Oat-Grass Smut	Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

False Oat-Grass Smut

Lesser Fat-tailed Jerboa

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.