Downy Truffle vs Oriental House Rat

Tuber puberulum compared with Rattus tanezumi

Key Differences

• Downy Truffle is Data Deficient while Oriental House Rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Downy Truffle	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	Tuberaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Tuber	Rattus
Species	Tuber puberulum	Rattus tanezumi

Conservation Status

Downy Truffle

DD — Data Deficient

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Downy Truffle	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Downy Truffle

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, and Sweden.

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).