mutundu vs Oriental House Rat

Croton macrostachyus compared with Rattus tanezumi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	mutundu	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Euphorbiaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Croton	Rattus
Species	Croton macrostachyus	Rattus tanezumi

Conservation Status

mutundu

LC — Least Concern

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

mutundu

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Guinea.

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).