Irish Threadwort vs Oriental House Rat

Telaranea nematodes compared with Rattus tanezumi

Key Differences

• Irish Threadwort is Not Evaluated while Oriental House Rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Irish Threadwort	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Jungermanniopsida (Jungermanniopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Jungermanniales (Jungermanniales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Lepidoziaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Telaranea	Rattus
Species	Telaranea nematodes	Rattus tanezumi

Conservation Status

Irish Threadwort

NE — Not Evaluated

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Irish Threadwort	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Irish Threadwort

Habitat

Native to South America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Brazil and Colombia.

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).