Oriental House Rat vs Tender Nesting Polypore

Rattus tanezumi compared with Hapalopilus rutilans

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Tender Nesting Polypore
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)	Phanerochaetaceae
Genus	Rattus	Hapalopilus
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Hapalopilus rutilans

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Tender Nesting Polypore

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Tender Nesting Polypore
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).

Tender Nesting Polypore

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Sweden and United States.