Drummond's cinquefoil vs Oriental House Rat

Potentilla drummondii compared with Rattus tanezumi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Drummond's cinquefoil	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Rosales (Roses & Allies)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Rosaceae (Rose Family)	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Potentilla	Rattus
Species	Potentilla drummondii	Rattus tanezumi

Conservation Status

Drummond's cinquefoil

LC — Least Concern

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Drummond's cinquefoil	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Drummond's cinquefoil

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Canada.

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).