False Oat-Grass Smut vs Mountain Coati

Urocystis avenae-elatioris compared with Nasua olivacea

Key Differences

• False Oat-Grass Smut is Not Evaluated while Mountain Coati is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Oat-Grass Smut	Mountain Coati
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Ustilaginomycetes (Ustilaginomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Urocystidales (Urocystidales)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Urocystidaceae	Procyonidae (Raccoons)
Genus	Urocystis	Nasua
Species	Urocystis avenae-elatioris	Nasua olivacea

Conservation Status

False Oat-Grass Smut

NE — Not Evaluated

Mountain Coati

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Oat-Grass Smut	Mountain Coati
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

False Oat-Grass Smut

Mountain Coati

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Ecuador and Venezuela. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.