Hairy Crocus vs Oriental House Rat

Crocus pulchellus compared with Rattus tanezumi

Key Differences

• Hairy Crocus is Not Evaluated while Oriental House Rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hairy Crocus	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Asparagales (Asparagales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Iridaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Crocus	Rattus
Species	Crocus pulchellus	Rattus tanezumi

Conservation Status

Hairy Crocus

NE — Not Evaluated

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hairy Crocus	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hairy Crocus

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, France, Netherlands, and United Kingdom.

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).