False Oat-Grass Smut vs Ornate Cuscus

Urocystis avenae-elatioris compared with Phalanger ornatus

Key Differences

• False Oat-Grass Smut is Not Evaluated while Ornate Cuscus is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Oat-Grass Smut	Ornate Cuscus
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Ustilaginomycetes (Ustilaginomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Urocystidales (Urocystidales)	Diprotodontia (Marsupials)
Family	Urocystidaceae	Phalangeridae
Genus	Urocystis	Phalanger
Species	Urocystis avenae-elatioris	Phalanger ornatus

Conservation Status

False Oat-Grass Smut

NE — Not Evaluated

Ornate Cuscus

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Oat-Grass Smut	Ornate Cuscus
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

False Oat-Grass Smut

Ornate Cuscus

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.