False Oat-Grass Smut vs Patton’s Nectar Bat

Urocystis avenae-elatioris compared with Hsunycteris pattoni

Key Differences

• False Oat-Grass Smut is Not Evaluated while Patton’s Nectar Bat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Oat-Grass Smut	Patton’s Nectar Bat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Ustilaginomycetes (Ustilaginomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Urocystidales (Urocystidales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Urocystidaceae	Phyllostomidae
Genus	Urocystis	Hsunycteris
Species	Urocystis avenae-elatioris	Hsunycteris pattoni

Conservation Status

False Oat-Grass Smut

NE — Not Evaluated

Patton’s Nectar Bat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False Oat-Grass Smut	Patton’s Nectar Bat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

False Oat-Grass Smut

Patton’s Nectar Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Ecuador.