Floating Sundew vs Oriental House Rat

Drosera intermedia compared with Rattus tanezumi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Sundew	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Droseraceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Drosera	Rattus
Species	Drosera intermedia	Rattus tanezumi

Conservation Status

Floating Sundew

LC — Least Concern

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Sundew	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Floating Sundew

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (7 countries), North America (Canada, Cuba, United States), and South America (Brazil).

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).