Cut-throat vs Oriental House Rat

Amadina fasciata compared with Rattus tanezumi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cut-throat	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Passeriformes (Songbirds)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Estrildidae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Amadina	Rattus
Species	Amadina fasciata	Rattus tanezumi

Evolutionary Relationship

Cut-throat and Oriental House Rat share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

Conservation Status

Cut-throat

LC — Least Concern

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cut-throat	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cut-throat

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Found across Asia (United Arab Emirates) and Europe (5 countries).

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).