Oriental House Rat vs Yellowfoot

Rattus tanezumi compared with Craterellus tubaeformis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Yellowfoot
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Cantharellales (Cantharellales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Hydnaceae
Genus	Rattus	Craterellus
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Craterellus tubaeformis

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Yellowfoot

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Yellowfoot
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).

Yellowfoot

Habitat

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

Range

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