Starkriechender Duftstacheling vs Oriental House Rat

Phellodon confluens compared with Rattus tanezumi

Key Differences

• Starkriechender Duftstacheling is Vulnerable while Oriental House Rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Starkriechender Duftstacheling	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom	Fungi (Pilze)	Animalia (Tier)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Ständerpilze)	Chordata (Chordatiere)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (Säugetiere)
Order	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)	Rodentia (Nagetiere)
Family	Thelephoraceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Phellodon	Rattus
Species	Phellodon confluens	Rattus tanezumi

Conservation Status

Starkriechender Duftstacheling

VU — Vulnerable

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Starkriechender Duftstacheling	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Starkriechender Duftstacheling

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its 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).