Oriental House Rat vs slender rock moss

Rattus tanezumi compared with Andreaea alpestris

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	slender rock moss
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Bryophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Andreaeopsida (Andreaeopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Andreaeales (Andreaeales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Andreaeaceae
Genus	Rattus	Andreaea
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Andreaea alpestris

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

slender rock moss

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	slender rock 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).

slender rock moss

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Norway, Portugal, and Sweden.