False Oat-Grass Smut vs Ornate Shrew

Urocystis avenae-elatioris compared with Sorex ornatus

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Oat-Grass Smut	Ornate Shrew
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Ustilaginomycetes (Ustilaginomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Urocystidales (Urocystidales)	Soricomorpha (Soricomorpha)
Family	Urocystidaceae	Soricidae
Genus	Urocystis	Sorex
Species	Urocystis avenae-elatioris	Sorex ornatus

Conservation Status

False Oat-Grass Smut

NE — Not Evaluated

Ornate Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

False Oat-Grass Smut

Ornate Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.