Hazel Bracket vs Oriental House Rat

Skeletocutis semipileata compared with Rattus tanezumi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hazel Bracket	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polyporales (Polyporales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Incrustoporiaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Skeletocutis	Rattus
Species	Skeletocutis semipileata	Rattus tanezumi

Conservation Status

Hazel Bracket

LC — Least Concern

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hazel Bracket	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hazel Bracket

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across 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).