Forest Lamb vs Oriental House Rat

Albatrellus ovinus compared with Rattus tanezumi

Key Differences

• Forest Lamb is Extinct while Oriental House Rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Forest Lamb	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Russulales (Russulales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Albatrellaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Albatrellus	Rattus
Species	Albatrellus ovinus	Rattus tanezumi

Conservation Status

Forest Lamb

EX — Extinct

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Forest Lamb	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Forest Lamb

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Sweden, 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).