Gray Short-tailed Bat vs Oriental House Rat

Carollia subrufa compared with Rattus tanezumi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Gray Short-tailed Bat	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Phyllostomidae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Carollia	Rattus
Species	Carollia subrufa	Rattus tanezumi

Evolutionary Relationship

Gray Short-tailed Bat and Oriental House Rat share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (Mammals)

Conservation Status

Gray Short-tailed Bat

LC — Least Concern

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Gray Short-tailed Bat	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gray Short-tailed Bat

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).