Cupped Ear vs Hairy-tailed Tree Rat

Otidea cantharella compared with Brachytarsomys villosa

Key Differences

• Cupped Ear is Least Concern while Hairy-tailed Tree Rat is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cupped Ear	Hairy-tailed Tree Rat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Pezizomycetes (Pezizomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Pezizales (Pezizales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Otideaceae	Nesomyidae
Genus	Otidea	Brachytarsomys
Species	Otidea cantharella	Brachytarsomys villosa

Conservation Status

Cupped Ear

LC — Least Concern

Hairy-tailed Tree Rat

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cupped Ear	Hairy-tailed Tree Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cupped Ear

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Hairy-tailed Tree Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.