August-Lily vs Oriental House Rat

Hosta plantaginea compared with Rattus tanezumi

Key Differences

• August-Lily is Not Evaluated while Oriental House Rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	August-Lily	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Asparagales (Asparagales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Asparagaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Hosta	Rattus
Species	Hosta plantaginea	Rattus tanezumi

Conservation Status

August-Lily

NE — Not Evaluated

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	August-Lily	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

August-Lily

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

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).

August-Lily

The August-Lily (Hosta plantaginea) is a species in the genus Hosta. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.