Oriental House Rat vs Tar spot

Rattus tanezumi compared with Phyllachora maydis

Key Differences

• Oriental House Rat is Least Concern while Tar spot is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Tar spot
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Sordariomycetes (Sordariomycetes)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Phyllachorales (Phyllachorales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Phyllachoraceae
Genus	Rattus	Phyllachora
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Phyllachora maydis

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Tar spot

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Tar spot
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).

Tar spot

Habitat

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

Range

Found in United States.