False Oat-Grass Smut vs Mexican cottontail

Urocystis avenae-elatioris compared with Sylvilagus cunicularius

Key Differences

• False Oat-Grass Smut is Not Evaluated while Mexican cottontail is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Oat-Grass Smut	Mexican cottontail
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Ustilaginomycetes (Ustilaginomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Urocystidales (Urocystidales)	Lagomorpha (Rabbits & Hares)
Family	Urocystidaceae	Leporidae (Rabbits & Hares)
Genus	Urocystis	Sylvilagus
Species	Urocystis avenae-elatioris	Sylvilagus cunicularius

Conservation Status

False Oat-Grass Smut

NE — Not Evaluated

Mexican cottontail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Oat-Grass Smut	Mexican cottontail
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

False Oat-Grass Smut

Mexican cottontail

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.