Fringed Cup vs Oriental House Rat

Encoelia fimbriata compared with Rattus tanezumi

Key Differences

• Fringed Cup is Not Evaluated while Oriental House Rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fringed Cup	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Leotiomycetes (Leotiomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Helotiales (Helotiales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Cenangiaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Encoelia	Rattus
Species	Encoelia fimbriata	Rattus tanezumi

Conservation Status

Fringed Cup

NE — Not Evaluated

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fringed Cup	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fringed Cup

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).