Myrtle vs Oriental House Rat

Corymbia torelliana compared with Rattus tanezumi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Myrtle	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	Myrtaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Corymbia	Rattus
Species	Corymbia torelliana	Rattus tanezumi

Conservation Status

Myrtle

LC — Least Concern

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Myrtle

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, India, and United States.

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).