Dwarf Blindia vs Oriental House Rat

Blindia caespiticia compared with Rattus tanezumi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dwarf Blindia	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Bryophyta	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Bryopsida (Bryopsida)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Grimmiales (Grimmiales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Seligeriaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Blindia	Rattus
Species	Blindia caespiticia	Rattus tanezumi

Conservation Status

Dwarf Blindia

LC — Least Concern

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dwarf Blindia	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dwarf Blindia

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).