Obscure Domecap vs Oriental House Rat

Calocybe obscurissima compared with Rattus tanezumi

Key Differences

• Obscure Domecap is Endangered while Oriental House Rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Obscure Domecap	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	Lyophyllaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Calocybe	Rattus
Species	Calocybe obscurissima	Rattus tanezumi

Conservation Status

Obscure Domecap

EN — Endangered

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Obscure Domecap	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Obscure Domecap

Habitat

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

Range

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

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).