Loose Starweb vs Oriental House Rat

Asterostroma laxum compared with Rattus tanezumi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Loose Starweb	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Russulales (Russulales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Peniophoraceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Asterostroma	Rattus
Species	Asterostroma laxum	Rattus tanezumi

Conservation Status

Loose Starweb

LC — Least Concern

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Loose Starweb	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Loose Starweb

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across 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).