Bean vs Oriental House Rat

Phaseolus vulgaris compared with Rattus tanezumi

Key Differences

• Bean is Not Evaluated while Oriental House Rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bean	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Fabaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Phaseolus	Rattus
Species	Phaseolus vulgaris	Rattus tanezumi

Conservation Status

Bean

NE — Not Evaluated

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bean	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bean

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (20 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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).

Bean

The Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) is a species in the genus Phaseolus. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇵🇭 Philippines 🇹🇼 Taiwan