Oriental House Rat vs Snapping Bonnet

Rattus tanezumi compared with Mycena vitilis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Snapping Bonnet
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Mycenaceae
Genus	Rattus	Mycena
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Mycena vitilis

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Snapping Bonnet

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Snapping Bonnet
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).

Snapping Bonnet

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, and Sweden.