Dune Roundhead vs Oriental House Rat

Stropharia halophila compared with Rattus tanezumi

Key Differences

• Dune Roundhead is Not Evaluated while Oriental House Rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dune Roundhead	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	Strophariaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Stropharia	Rattus
Species	Stropharia halophila	Rattus tanezumi

Conservation Status

Dune Roundhead

NE — Not Evaluated

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dune Roundhead	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dune Roundhead

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway 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).