Fused Tooth vs Oriental House Rat

Phellodon confluens compared with Rattus tanezumi

Key Differences

• Fused Tooth is Vulnerable while Oriental House Rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fused Tooth	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Thelephoraceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Phellodon	Rattus
Species	Phellodon confluens	Rattus tanezumi

Conservation Status

Fused Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fused Tooth	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fused Tooth

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, 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).