Crazed Cap vs Oriental House Rat

Dermoloma cuneifolium compared with Rattus tanezumi

Key Differences

• Crazed Cap is Vulnerable while Oriental House Rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crazed Cap	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Tricholomataceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Dermoloma	Rattus
Species	Dermoloma cuneifolium	Rattus tanezumi

Conservation Status

Crazed Cap

VU — Vulnerable

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crazed Cap	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crazed Cap

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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).