False Oat-Grass Smut vs Mérida Rhipidomys

Urocystis avenae-elatioris compared with Rhipidomys venustus

Key Differences

• False Oat-Grass Smut is Not Evaluated while Mérida Rhipidomys is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Oat-Grass Smut	Mérida Rhipidomys
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Ustilaginomycetes (Ustilaginomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Urocystidales (Urocystidales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Urocystidaceae	Cricetidae
Genus	Urocystis	Rhipidomys
Species	Urocystis avenae-elatioris	Rhipidomys venustus

Conservation Status

False Oat-Grass Smut

NE — Not Evaluated

Mérida Rhipidomys

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Oat-Grass Smut	Mérida Rhipidomys
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

False Oat-Grass Smut

Mérida Rhipidomys

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Venezuela.