Deviltree vs Oriental House Rat

Alstonia macrophylla compared with Rattus tanezumi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Deviltree Oriental House Rat
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Gentianales (Gentianales) Rodentia (Rodents)
Family Apocynaceae Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus Alstonia Rattus
Species Alstonia macrophylla Rattus tanezumi

Conservation Status

Deviltree

LC — Least Concern

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Deviltree Oriental House Rat
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Deviltree

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Congo (DRC), Seychelles, Sri Lanka, and United States.

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).

Deviltree

No description available.

Oriental House Rat

No description available.

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