Oriental House Rat vs Ruby Bolete

Rattus tanezumi compared with Hortiboletus rubellus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Ruby Bolete
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Boletales (Boletales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Boletaceae
Genus	Rattus	Hortiboletus
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Hortiboletus rubellus

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Ruby Bolete

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Ruby Bolete
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).

Ruby Bolete

Habitat

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

Range

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