Oriental House Rat vs Adjir

Rattus tanezumi compared with Cyperus difformis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Adjir
Kingdom	Animalia (حيوانات)	Plantae (نباتات)
Phylum	Chordata (حبليات)	Magnoliophyta (كاسيات البذور)
Class	Mammalia (ثدييات)	Liliopsida (زنبقانية)
Order	Rodentia (قوارض)	Poales (قبئيات)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Cyperaceae
Genus	Rattus	Cyperus
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Cyperus difformis

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Adjir

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Adjir
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).

Adjir

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 6 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Neotropic and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (9 countries), Asia (10 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (6 countries).