Oriental House Rat vs Rusty Crust

Rattus tanezumi compared with Skeletocutis amorpha

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Rusty Crust
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Polyporales (Polyporales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Incrustoporiaceae
Genus	Rattus	Skeletocutis
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Skeletocutis amorpha

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Rusty Crust

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Rusty Crust
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).

Rusty Crust

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.