Eastern Pale Clouded Yellow vs Oriental House Rat

Colias erate compared with Rattus tanezumi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Eastern Pale Clouded Yellow	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Pieridae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Colias	Rattus
Species	Colias erate	Rattus tanezumi

Evolutionary Relationship

Eastern Pale Clouded Yellow and Oriental House Rat share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Eastern Pale Clouded Yellow

LC — Least Concern

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Eastern Pale Clouded Yellow	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Eastern Pale Clouded Yellow

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (16 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).