Clapper Rail vs Oriental House Rat

Rallus crepitans compared with Rattus tanezumi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Clapper Rail	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Gruiformes (Gruiformes)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Rallidae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Rallus	Rattus
Species	Rallus crepitans	Rattus tanezumi

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Clapper Rail

LC — Least Concern

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Clapper Rail	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Clapper Rail

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).

Clapper Rail

The Clapper Rail (Rallus crepitans) is a species in the genus Rallus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.