Moss Bell vs Oriental House Rat

Galerina hypnorum compared with Rattus tanezumi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Moss Bell	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Hymenogastraceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Galerina	Rattus
Species	Galerina hypnorum	Rattus tanezumi

Conservation Status

Moss Bell

LC — Least Concern

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Moss Bell	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Moss Bell

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (5 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

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).