Oriental House Rat vs river moss

Rattus tanezumi compared with Fontinalis hypnoides

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	river moss
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Bryophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Bryopsida (Bryopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Hypnales (Hypnales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Fontinalaceae
Genus	Rattus	Fontinalis
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Fontinalis hypnoides

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

river moss

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	river 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).

river moss

Habitat

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

Range

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