Fernleaf Licorice-root vs Oriental House Rat

Ligusticum filicinum compared with Rattus tanezumi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fernleaf Licorice-root	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Apiales (Apiales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Apiaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Ligusticum	Rattus
Species	Ligusticum filicinum	Rattus tanezumi

Conservation Status

Fernleaf Licorice-root

LC — Least Concern

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fernleaf Licorice-root	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fernleaf Licorice-root

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).