Banded Amanita vs Oriental House Rat

Amanita battarrae compared with Rattus tanezumi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Banded Amanita Oriental House Rat
Kingdom Fungi (Fungi) Animalia (animal)
Phylum Basidiomycota (Club Fungi) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms) Mammalia (mammifères)
Order Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms) Rodentia (Rodents)
Family Agaricaceae (Agarics) Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus Amanita (Amanitas) Rattus
Species Amanita battarrae Rattus tanezumi

Conservation Status

Banded Amanita

LC — Least Concern

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Banded Amanita Oriental House Rat
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Banded Amanita

Habitat

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

Range

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

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).

Banded Amanita

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

Oriental House Rat

No description available.

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