Oriental House Rat vs Ridged Tooth

Rattus tanezumi compared with Hydnellum scrobiculatum

Key Differences

• Oriental House Rat is Least Concern while Ridged Tooth is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Ridged Tooth
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Bankeraceae
Genus	Rattus	Hydnellum
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Hydnellum scrobiculatum

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Ridged Tooth

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Ridged Tooth
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).

Ridged Tooth

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and North America (United States).