False Oat-Grass Smut vs Merriam’s Pocket Mouse

Urocystis avenae-elatioris compared with Perognathus merriami

Key Differences

• False Oat-Grass Smut is Not Evaluated while Merriam’s Pocket Mouse is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Oat-Grass Smut	Merriam’s Pocket Mouse
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Ustilaginomycetes (Ustilaginomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Urocystidales (Urocystidales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Urocystidaceae	Heteromyidae
Genus	Urocystis	Perognathus
Species	Urocystis avenae-elatioris	Perognathus merriami

Conservation Status

False Oat-Grass Smut

NE — Not Evaluated

Merriam’s Pocket Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Oat-Grass Smut	Merriam’s Pocket Mouse
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

False Oat-Grass Smut

Merriam’s Pocket Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.