False Oat-Grass Smut vs Polynesian rat

Urocystis avenae-elatioris compared with Rattus exulans

Key Differences

• False Oat-Grass Smut is Not Evaluated while Polynesian rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False Oat-Grass Smut	Polynesian rat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Ustilaginomycetes (Ustilaginomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Urocystidales (Urocystidales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Urocystidaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Urocystis	Rattus
Species	Urocystis avenae-elatioris	Rattus exulans

Conservation Status

False Oat-Grass Smut

NE — Not Evaluated

Polynesian rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

False Oat-Grass Smut

Polynesian rat

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (6 countries), Europe (United Kingdom), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (11 countries), and South America (Chile).