Oriental House Rat vs Phoma blight

Rattus tanezumi compared with Epicoccum sorghinum

Key Differences

• Oriental House Rat is Least Concern while Phoma blight is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Phoma blight
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Dothideomycetes (Dothideomycetes)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Pleosporales (Pleosporales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Didymellaceae
Genus	Rattus	Epicoccum
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Epicoccum sorghinum

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Phoma blight

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Phoma blight
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic 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).

Phoma blight

Habitat

Native to North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in United States.