Oriental House Rat vs Willow Tarspot

Rattus tanezumi compared with Rhytisma salicinum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Willow Tarspot
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Leotiomycetes (Leotiomycetes)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Rhytismatales (Rhytismatales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Rhytismataceae
Genus	Rattus	Rhytisma
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Rhytisma salicinum

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Willow Tarspot

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Willow Tarspot
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).

Willow Tarspot

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.