Cape Krantz Ash vs Oriental House Rat

Atalaya capensis compared with Rattus tanezumi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cape Krantz Ash	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Sapindaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Atalaya	Rattus
Species	Atalaya capensis	Rattus tanezumi

Conservation Status

Cape Krantz Ash

LC — Least Concern

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cape Krantz Ash	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cape Krantz Ash

Habitat

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

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).

Cape Krantz Ash

The Cape Krantz Ash (Atalaya capensis) is a species in the genus Atalaya. It is currently classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.