Elf-Ear Dust vs Oriental House Rat

Lepraria normandinoides compared with Rattus tanezumi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elf-Ear Dust	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Lecanoromycetes (Lecanoromycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lecanorales (Lecanorales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Stereocaulaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Lepraria	Rattus
Species	Lepraria normandinoides	Rattus tanezumi

Conservation Status

Elf-Ear Dust

LC — Least Concern

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elf-Ear Dust	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elf-Ear Dust

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway and United States.

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).