Oriental House Rat vs ringless spoon moss

Rattus tanezumi compared with Sarmentypnum exannulatum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	ringless spoon moss
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Bryophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Bryopsida (Bryopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Hypnales (Hypnales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Calliergonaceae
Genus	Rattus	Sarmentypnum
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Sarmentypnum exannulatum

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

ringless spoon moss

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	ringless spoon moss
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).

ringless spoon moss

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway, Sweden, and United States.