burrawang vs Oriental House Rat

Macrozamia heteromera compared with Rattus tanezumi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	burrawang	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Tracheophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Cycadopsida (Cycadopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Cycadales (Cycadales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Zamiaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Macrozamia	Rattus
Species	Macrozamia heteromera	Rattus tanezumi

Conservation Status

burrawang

LC — Least Concern

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

burrawang

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).

burrawang

The Burrawang (Macrozamia heteromera) is a species in the genus Macrozamia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.