Elbowbush vs Oriental House Rat

Forestiera angustifolia compared with Rattus tanezumi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Elbowbush	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lamiales (Lamiales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Oleaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Forestiera	Rattus
Species	Forestiera angustifolia	Rattus tanezumi

Conservation Status

Elbowbush

LC — Least Concern

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Elbowbush	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Elbowbush

Habitat

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

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).