Chevron Snout vs Oriental House Rat

Hypena lividalis compared with Rattus tanezumi

Key Differences

• Chevron Snout is Not Evaluated while Oriental House Rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chevron Snout	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Erebidae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Hypena	Rattus
Species	Hypena lividalis	Rattus tanezumi

Evolutionary Relationship

Chevron Snout and Oriental House Rat share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Chevron Snout

NE — Not Evaluated

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chevron Snout	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chevron Snout

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Portugal, South Africa, Sweden, and Yemen.

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).

Chevron Snout

The Chevron Snout (Hypena lividalis) is a species in the genus Hypena. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇿🇦 South Africa