Oriental House Rat vs Pouch Cup

Rattus tanezumi compared with Peziza saccardoana

Key Differences

• Oriental House Rat is Least Concern while Pouch Cup is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Pouch Cup
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Pezizomycetes (Pezizomycetes)
Order	Rodentia (Roedores)	Pezizales (Pezizales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Pezizaceae
Genus	Rattus	Peziza
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Peziza saccardoana

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Pouch Cup

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Pouch Cup
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).

Pouch Cup

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in Norway.