False Oat-Grass Smut vs Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

Urocystis avenae-elatioris compared with Chiropodomys pusillus

Key Differences

• False Oat-Grass Smut is Not Evaluated while Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Oat-Grass Smut	Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Ustilaginomycetes (Ustilaginomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Urocystidales (Urocystidales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Urocystidaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Urocystis	Chiropodomys
Species	Urocystis avenae-elatioris	Chiropodomys pusillus

Conservation Status

False Oat-Grass Smut

NE — Not Evaluated

Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Oat-Grass Smut	Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

False Oat-Grass Smut

Lesser Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.