vs Oriental House Rat

Calicium viride compared with Rattus tanezumi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Oriental House Rat
Kingdom Fungi (Fungi) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Ascomycota (Sac Fungi) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Lecanoromycetes (Lecanoromycetes) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Caliciales (Caliciales) Rodentia (Rodents)
Family Caliciaceae Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus Calicium Rattus
Species Calicium viride Rattus tanezumi

Conservation Status

LC — Least Concern

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Oriental House Rat
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Oriental House Rat

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Eswatini, Lesotho, South Africa), Asia (Philippines, Taiwan), and Oceania and the Pacific (Kiribati).

Calicium viride is a species in the genus Calicium. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Oriental House Rat

No description available.

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