Oriental House Rat vs Vinegar Cup

Rattus tanezumi compared with Helvella acetabulum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Vinegar Cup
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Pezizomycetes (Pezizomycetes)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Pezizales (Pezizales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Helvellaceae
Genus	Rattus	Helvella
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Helvella acetabulum

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Vinegar Cup

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Vinegar Cup
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).

Vinegar Cup

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.