False Oat-Grass Smut vs Mexican Harvest Mouse

Urocystis avenae-elatioris compared with Reithrodontomys mexicanus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Oat-Grass Smut	Mexican Harvest Mouse
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	Reithrodontomys
Species	Urocystis avenae-elatioris	Reithrodontomys mexicanus

Conservation Status

False Oat-Grass Smut

NE — Not Evaluated

Mexican Harvest Mouse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

False Oat-Grass Smut

Mexican Harvest Mouse

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Colombia.