Oriental House Rat vs Waved Silk-moss

Rattus tanezumi compared with Plagiothecium undulatum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Waved Silk-moss
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Bryophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Bryopsida (Bryopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Hypnales (Hypnales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Plagiotheciaceae
Genus	Rattus	Plagiothecium
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Plagiothecium undulatum

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Waved Silk-moss

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Waved Silk-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).

Waved Silk-moss

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

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