Key lime vs Oriental House Rat

Citrus aurantiifolia compared with Rattus tanezumi

Key Differences

• Key lime is Not Evaluated while Oriental House Rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Key lime	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Rutaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Citrus	Rattus
Species	Citrus aurantiifolia	Rattus tanezumi

Conservation Status

Key lime

NE — Not Evaluated

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Key lime	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Key lime

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (9 countries), Asia (4 countries), Europe (United Kingdom), North America (Costa Rica, Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Peru).

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).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 3 countries:

🇰🇮 Kiribati 🇿🇦 South Africa 🇹🇼 Taiwan