Mango vs Oriental House Rat

Mangifera indica compared with Rattus tanezumi

Key Differences

• Mango is Data Deficient while Oriental House Rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Mango	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	Anacardiaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Mangifera	Rattus
Species	Mangifera indica	Rattus tanezumi

Conservation Status

Mango

DD — Data Deficient

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Mango	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Mango

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 11 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (22 countries), Asia (8 countries), Europe (Portugal, United Kingdom), North America (11 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (9 countries), and South America (6 countries).

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 5 countries:

🇸🇿 Eswatini 🇰🇮 Kiribati 🇵🇭 Philippines 🇿🇦 South Africa 🇹🇼 Taiwan