Jack-bean vs Oriental House Rat

Canavalia napaliensis compared with Rattus tanezumi

Key Differences

• Jack-bean is Critically Endangered while Oriental House Rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Jack-bean	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Fabaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Canavalia	Rattus
Species	Canavalia napaliensis	Rattus tanezumi

Conservation Status

Jack-bean

CR — Critically Endangered

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Jack-bean	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Jack-bean

Habitat

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

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).