False Oat-Grass Smut vs Long-clawed Shrew

Urocystis avenae-elatioris compared with Sorex unguiculatus

Key Differences

• False Oat-Grass Smut is Not Evaluated while Long-clawed Shrew is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Oat-Grass Smut	Long-clawed Shrew
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Ustilaginomycetes (Ustilaginomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Urocystidales (Urocystidales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Urocystidaceae	Soricidae
Genus	Urocystis	Sorex
Species	Urocystis avenae-elatioris	Sorex unguiculatus

Conservation Status

False Oat-Grass Smut

NE — Not Evaluated

Long-clawed Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Oat-Grass Smut	Long-clawed Shrew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

False Oat-Grass Smut

Long-clawed Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.