Matted Bryum vs Oriental House Rat

Bryum minii compared with Rattus tanezumi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Matted Bryum	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Bryophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Bryopsida (Bryopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Bryales (Bryales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Bryaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Bryum	Rattus
Species	Bryum minii	Rattus tanezumi

Conservation Status

Matted Bryum

LC — Least Concern

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Matted Bryum	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Matted Bryum

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).