bog-asphodel vs Oriental House Rat

Narthecium americanum compared with Rattus tanezumi

Key Differences

• bog-asphodel is Extinct while Oriental House Rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	bog-asphodel	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Nartheciaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Narthecium	Rattus
Species	Narthecium americanum	Rattus tanezumi

Conservation Status

bog-asphodel

EX — Extinct

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	bog-asphodel	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

bog-asphodel

Habitat

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

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).

bog-asphodel

The bog-asphodel (Narthecium americanum) is a species in the genus Narthecium. It is currently classified as Extinct on the IUCN Red List.