Mountain Cup vs Oriental House Rat

Geopora arenosa compared with Rattus tanezumi

Key Differences

• Mountain Cup is Not Evaluated while Oriental House Rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Mountain Cup	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Pezizomycetes (Pezizomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Pezizales (Pezizales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Pyronemataceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Geopora	Rattus
Species	Geopora arenosa	Rattus tanezumi

Conservation Status

Mountain Cup

NE — Not Evaluated

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Mountain Cup	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Mountain Cup

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in Norway.

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).