Lebombo Cluster-leaf vs Oriental House Rat

Terminalia phanerophlebia compared with Rattus tanezumi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lebombo Cluster-leaf	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Myrtales (Myrtales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Combretaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Terminalia	Rattus
Species	Terminalia phanerophlebia	Rattus tanezumi

Conservation Status

Lebombo Cluster-leaf

LC — Least Concern

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Lebombo Cluster-leaf	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lebombo Cluster-leaf

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).