Large Mottled Shade vs Oriental House Rat

Eana penziana compared with Rattus tanezumi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Large Mottled Shade	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Tortricidae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Eana	Rattus
Species	Eana penziana	Rattus tanezumi

Evolutionary Relationship

Large Mottled Shade and Oriental House Rat share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Large Mottled Shade

LC — Least Concern

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Large Mottled Shade	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Large Mottled Shade

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

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).