Custard Apple vs Oriental House Rat

Annona reticulata compared with Rattus tanezumi

Key Differences

• Custard Apple is Not Evaluated while Oriental House Rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Custard Apple	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Magnoliales (Magnoliales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Annonaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Annona	Rattus
Species	Annona reticulata	Rattus tanezumi

Conservation Status

Custard Apple

NE — Not Evaluated

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Custard Apple	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Custard Apple

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (7 countries), North America (Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia).

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).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 3 countries:

🇵🇭 Philippines 🇿🇦 South Africa 🇹🇼 Taiwan