False Oat-Grass Smut vs North American Badger

Urocystis avenae-elatioris compared with Taxidea taxus

Key Differences

• False Oat-Grass Smut is Not Evaluated while North American Badger is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Oat-Grass Smut	North American Badger
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Ustilaginomycetes (Ustilaginomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Urocystidales (Urocystidales)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Urocystidaceae	Mustelidae (Weasels & Otters)
Genus	Urocystis	Taxidea
Species	Urocystis avenae-elatioris	Taxidea taxus

Conservation Status

False Oat-Grass Smut

NE — Not Evaluated

North American Badger

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Oat-Grass Smut	North American Badger
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

False Oat-Grass Smut

North American Badger

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.