Cowbane Rust vs Oriental House Rat

Puccinia cicutae compared with Rattus tanezumi

Key Differences

• Cowbane Rust is Not Evaluated while Oriental House Rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cowbane Rust	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Pucciniomycetes (Pucciniomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Pucciniales (Pucciniales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Pucciniaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Puccinia	Rattus
Species	Puccinia cicutae	Rattus tanezumi

Conservation Status

Cowbane Rust

NE — Not Evaluated

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cowbane Rust	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cowbane Rust

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).