Blewit vs Mountain Water Rat

Lepista nuda compared with Baiyankamys habbema

Key Differences

• Blewit is Least Concern while Mountain Water Rat is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blewit	Mountain Water Rat
Kingdom	Fungi (Fungi)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Tricholomataceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Lepista	Baiyankamys
Species	Lepista nuda	Baiyankamys habbema

Conservation Status

Blewit

LC — Least Concern

Mountain Water Rat

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blewit	Mountain Water Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blewit

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (5 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil).

Mountain Water Rat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Blewit

The Blewit (Lepista nuda) is a species in the genus Lepista. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.