Chestnut Sparrow vs Oriental House Rat

Passer eminibey compared with Rattus tanezumi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Sparrow	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Passeriformes (Songbirds)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Passeridae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Passer	Rattus
Species	Passer eminibey	Rattus tanezumi

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Chestnut Sparrow

LC — Least Concern

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Sparrow	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut Sparrow

Habitat

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

Range

Found in 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).

Chestnut Sparrow

The Chestnut Sparrow (Passer eminibey) is a species in the genus Passer. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.