Gobi Altai Mountain Vole vs Oriental House Rat

Alticola barakshin compared with Rattus tanezumi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gobi Altai Mountain Vole	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	Cricetidae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Alticola	Rattus
Species	Alticola barakshin	Rattus tanezumi

Evolutionary Relationship

Gobi Altai Mountain Vole and Oriental House Rat share a common ancestor at the Order level: Rodentia. (Rodents)

Conservation Status

Gobi Altai Mountain Vole

LC — Least Concern

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gobi Altai Mountain Vole	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gobi Altai Mountain Vole

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).