Brown Nunlet vs Oriental House Rat

Nonnula brunnea compared with Rattus tanezumi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown Nunlet	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Piciformes (Piciformes)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Bucconidae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Nonnula	Rattus
Species	Nonnula brunnea	Rattus tanezumi

Evolutionary Relationship

Brown Nunlet and Oriental House Rat share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

Conservation Status

Brown Nunlet

LC — Least Concern

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown Nunlet	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Brown Nunlet

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Norway.

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).

Brown Nunlet

The Brown Nunlet (Nonnula brunnea) is a species in the genus Nonnula. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.