False Oat-Grass Smut vs New Caledonian Flying Fox

Urocystis avenae-elatioris compared with Pteropus vetula

Key Differences

• False Oat-Grass Smut is Not Evaluated while New Caledonian Flying Fox is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Oat-Grass Smut	New Caledonian Flying Fox
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Ustilaginomycetes (Ustilaginomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Urocystidales (Urocystidales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Urocystidaceae	Pteropodidae (Fruit Bats)
Genus	Urocystis	Pteropus (Flying Foxes)
Species	Urocystis avenae-elatioris	Pteropus vetula

Conservation Status

False Oat-Grass Smut

NE — Not Evaluated

New Caledonian Flying Fox

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Oat-Grass Smut	New Caledonian Flying Fox
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

False Oat-Grass Smut

New Caledonian Flying Fox

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.