False Oat-Grass Smut vs Little Ground Squirrel

Urocystis avenae-elatioris compared with Spermophilus pygmaeus

Key Differences

• False Oat-Grass Smut is Not Evaluated while Little Ground Squirrel is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Oat-Grass Smut	Little Ground 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	Spermophilus
Species	Urocystis avenae-elatioris	Spermophilus pygmaeus

Conservation Status

False Oat-Grass Smut

NE — Not Evaluated

Little Ground Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Oat-Grass Smut	Little Ground Squirrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

False Oat-Grass Smut

Little Ground Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Russia and Ukraine.