Argent & Sable vs Oriental House Rat

Rheumaptera hastata compared with Rattus tanezumi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Argent & Sable	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Geometridae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Rheumaptera	Rattus
Species	Rheumaptera hastata	Rattus tanezumi

Evolutionary Relationship

Argent & Sable and Oriental House Rat share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Argent & Sable

LC — Least Concern

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Argent & Sable	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Argent & Sable

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (4 countries) and North America (Canada, 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).

Argent & Sable

The Argent & Sable, Rheumaptera hastata, is a species. It is currently assessed as least concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.