Oriental House Rat vs Rose Mildew

Rattus tanezumi compared with Podosphaera pannosa

Key Differences

• Oriental House Rat is Least Concern while Rose Mildew is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Rose Mildew
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Leotiomycetes (Leotiomycetes)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Helotiales (Helotiales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Erysiphaceae
Genus	Rattus	Podosphaera
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Podosphaera pannosa

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Rose Mildew

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Rose Mildew
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).

Rose Mildew

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Portugal.