False Oat-Grass Smut vs Pacific Spiny-rat

Urocystis avenae-elatioris compared with Proechimys decumanus

Key Differences

• False Oat-Grass Smut is Not Evaluated while Pacific Spiny-rat is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Oat-Grass Smut	Pacific Spiny-rat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Ustilaginomycetes (Ustilaginomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Urocystidales (Urocystidales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Urocystidaceae	Echimyidae
Genus	Urocystis	Proechimys
Species	Urocystis avenae-elatioris	Proechimys decumanus

Conservation Status

False Oat-Grass Smut

NE — Not Evaluated

Pacific Spiny-rat

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Oat-Grass Smut	Pacific Spiny-rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

False Oat-Grass Smut

Pacific Spiny-rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Ecuador. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.