False Oat-Grass Smut vs Ord's kangaroo rat

Urocystis avenae-elatioris compared with Dipodomys ordii

Key Differences

• False Oat-Grass Smut is Not Evaluated while Ord's kangaroo rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Oat-Grass Smut	Ord's kangaroo rat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Ustilaginomycetes (Ustilaginomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Urocystidales (Urocystidales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Urocystidaceae	Heteromyidae
Genus	Urocystis	Dipodomys
Species	Urocystis avenae-elatioris	Dipodomys ordii

Conservation Status

False Oat-Grass Smut

NE — Not Evaluated

Ord's kangaroo rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Oat-Grass Smut	Ord's kangaroo rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

False Oat-Grass Smut

Ord's kangaroo rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.