Oriental House Rat vs Red Truffle

Rattus tanezumi compared with Tuber rufum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Red Truffle
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Pezizomycetes (Pezizomycetes)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Pezizales (Pezizales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Tuberaceae
Genus	Rattus	Tuber
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Tuber rufum

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Red Truffle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Red Truffle
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).

Red Truffle

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark and Sweden.