Excentric Pinkgill vs Oriental House Rat

Entoloma excentricum compared with Rattus tanezumi

Key Differences

• Excentric Pinkgill is Vulnerable while Oriental House Rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Excentric Pinkgill	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	Entolomataceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Entoloma	Rattus
Species	Entoloma excentricum	Rattus tanezumi

Conservation Status

Excentric Pinkgill

VU — Vulnerable

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Excentric Pinkgill	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Excentric Pinkgill

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Vulnerable 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).