Grapeleaf begonia vs Oriental House Rat

Begonia reniformis compared with Rattus tanezumi

Key Differences

• Grapeleaf begonia is Not Evaluated while Oriental House Rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Grapeleaf begonia	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Cucurbitales (Cucurbitales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Begoniaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Begonia	Rattus
Species	Begonia reniformis	Rattus tanezumi

Conservation Status

Grapeleaf begonia

NE — Not Evaluated

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Grapeleaf begonia	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Grapeleaf begonia

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil and United States.

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).