coral-bean vs Oriental House Rat

Erythrina fusca compared with Rattus tanezumi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	coral-bean	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Fabaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Erythrina	Rattus
Species	Erythrina fusca	Rattus tanezumi

Conservation Status

coral-bean

LC — Least Concern

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	coral-bean	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

coral-bean

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Equatorial Guinea, Madagascar, Sao Tome and Principe), Oceania and the Pacific (Tonga), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).