Dilated Scalewort vs Oriental House Rat

Frullania dilatata compared with Rattus tanezumi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dilated Scalewort	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Jungermanniopsida (Jungermanniopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Porellales (Porellales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Frullaniaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Frullania	Rattus
Species	Frullania dilatata	Rattus tanezumi

Conservation Status

Dilated Scalewort

LC — Least Concern

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dilated Scalewort	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dilated Scalewort

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Asia (Taiwan) and Europe (6 countries).

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).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇹🇼 Taiwan