vs Oriental House Rat

Hypoxylon petriniae compared with Rattus tanezumi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Oriental House Rat
Kingdom Fungi (Fungi) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Ascomycota (Sac Fungi) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Sordariomycetes (Sordariomycetes) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Xylariales (Xylariales) Rodentia (Rodents)
Family Hypoxylaceae Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus Hypoxylon Rattus
Species Hypoxylon petriniae 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

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, 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).

Hypoxylon petriniae is a wood-inhabiting pyrenomycete fungus producing small, cushion-shaped stromata on dead hardwood bark. It inhabits temperate forests across Europe and related regions where suitable deadwood hosts are available. This saprotrophic fungus decomposes the cellulose and lignin of dead woody tissues.

Oriental House Rat

No description available.

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