Love Apple vs Oriental House Rat

Paris polyphylla compared with Rattus tanezumi

Key Differences

• Love Apple is Vulnerable while Oriental House Rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Love Apple	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Liliales (Liliales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Melanthiaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Paris	Rattus
Species	Paris polyphylla	Rattus tanezumi

Conservation Status

Love Apple

VU — Vulnerable

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Love Apple	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Love Apple

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Taiwan. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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 1 countries:

🇹🇼 Taiwan