Blue-black Tooth vs Polynesian rat

Phellodon atratus compared with Rattus exulans

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blue-black Tooth	Polynesian rat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Thelephoraceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Phellodon	Rattus
Species	Phellodon atratus	Rattus exulans

Conservation Status

Blue-black Tooth

LC — Least Concern

Polynesian rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blue-black Tooth	Polynesian rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blue-black Tooth

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

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).

Blue-black Tooth

The Blue-black Tooth (Phellodon atratus) is a species in the genus Phellodon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.