black wattle vs Oriental House Rat

Acacia aulacocarpa compared with Rattus tanezumi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank black wattle 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 Acacia Rattus
Species Acacia aulacocarpa Rattus tanezumi

Conservation Status

black wattle

LC — Least Concern

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute black wattle Oriental House Rat
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

black wattle

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Found in Samoa.

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).

black wattle

The black wattle (Acacia aulacocarpa) is a species in the genus Acacia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found in Samoa.

Oriental House Rat

No description available.

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