vs Oriental House Rat

Hyphoderma sibiricum compared with Rattus tanezumi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank 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 Hyphodermataceae Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus Hyphoderma Rattus
Species Hyphoderma sibiricum Rattus tanezumi

Conservation Status

LC — Least Concern

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Oriental House Rat
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway and Sweden.

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).

No description available.

Oriental House Rat

No description available.

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