Oriental House Rat vs Powderpuff Bracket

Rattus tanezumi compared with Postia ptychogaster

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Powderpuff Bracket
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Polyporales (Polyporales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Dacryobolaceae
Genus	Rattus	Postia
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Postia ptychogaster

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

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LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Powderpuff Bracket
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).

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Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Norway, Sweden, and United States.