Oriental House Rat vs sidewalk screw moss

Rattus tanezumi compared with Syntrichia ruralis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	sidewalk screw moss
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Bryophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Bryopsida (Bryopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Pottiales (Pottiales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Pottiaceae
Genus	Rattus	Syntrichia
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Syntrichia ruralis

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

sidewalk screw moss

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	sidewalk screw 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).

sidewalk screw moss

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and North America (United States).