Nettle Rash vs Oriental House Rat

Leptosphaeria acuta compared with Rattus tanezumi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Nettle Rash	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Dothideomycetes (Dothideomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Pleosporales (Pleosporales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Leptosphaeriaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Leptosphaeria	Rattus
Species	Leptosphaeria acuta	Rattus tanezumi

Conservation Status

Nettle Rash

LC — Least Concern

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Nettle Rash	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Nettle Rash

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, 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).