Devil'S Urn vs Oriental House Rat

Urnula craterium compared with Rattus tanezumi

Key Differences

• Devil'S Urn is Endangered while Oriental House Rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Devil'S Urn	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Pezizomycetes (Pezizomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Pezizales (Pezizales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Sarcosomataceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Urnula	Rattus
Species	Urnula craterium	Rattus tanezumi

Conservation Status

Devil'S Urn

EN — Endangered

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Devil'S Urn	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Devil'S Urn

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Norway, Sweden, and United States. Currently classified as Endangered 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).