Crenulate Astarte vs Oriental House Rat

Astarte crenata compared with Rattus tanezumi

Key Differences

• Crenulate Astarte is Not Evaluated while Oriental House Rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crenulate Astarte	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Bivalvia (Bivalvia)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Carditida (Carditida)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Astartidae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Astarte	Rattus
Species	Astarte crenata	Rattus tanezumi

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Crenulate Astarte

NE — Not Evaluated

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crenulate Astarte	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crenulate Astarte

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Norway and Sweden.

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).