New Forest Beech-Lichen vs Polynesian rat

Enterographa elaborata compared with Rattus exulans

Key Differences

• New Forest Beech-Lichen is Critically Endangered while Polynesian rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	New Forest Beech-Lichen	Polynesian rat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Arthoniomycetes (Arthoniomycetes)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Arthoniales (Arthoniales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Roccellaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Enterographa	Rattus
Species	Enterographa elaborata	Rattus exulans

Conservation Status

New Forest Beech-Lichen

CR — Critically Endangered

Polynesian rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	New Forest Beech-Lichen	Polynesian rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

New Forest Beech-Lichen

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Portugal. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Polynesian rat

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (6 countries), Europe (United Kingdom), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (11 countries), and South America (Chile).