Oriental House Rat vs Plum Mildew

Rattus tanezumi compared with Podosphaera tridactyla

Key Differences

• Oriental House Rat is Least Concern while Plum Mildew is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Plum Mildew
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Leotiomycetes (Leotiomycetes)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Helotiales (Helotiales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Erysiphaceae
Genus	Rattus	Podosphaera
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Podosphaera tridactyla

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Plum Mildew

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Plum Mildew
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).

Plum Mildew

Habitat

Native to Asia and Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Taiwan.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇹🇼 Taiwan