Four-toed Jerboa vs Oriental House Rat

Allactaga tetradactyla compared with Rattus tanezumi

Key Differences

• Four-toed Jerboa is Data Deficient while Oriental House Rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Four-toed Jerboa	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order same	Rodentia (Rodents)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Dipodidae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Allactaga	Rattus
Species	Allactaga tetradactyla	Rattus tanezumi

Evolutionary Relationship

Four-toed Jerboa and Oriental House Rat share a common ancestor at the Order level: Rodentia. (Rodents)

Conservation Status

Four-toed Jerboa

DD — Data Deficient

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Four-toed Jerboa	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Four-toed Jerboa

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

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).