Narrow-leaved Arrowhead vs Oriental House Rat

Sagittaria subulata compared with Rattus tanezumi

Key Differences

• Narrow-leaved Arrowhead is Not Evaluated while Oriental House Rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Narrow-leaved Arrowhead	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Alismataceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Sagittaria	Rattus
Species	Sagittaria subulata	Rattus tanezumi

Conservation Status

Narrow-leaved Arrowhead

NE — Not Evaluated

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Narrow-leaved Arrowhead	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Narrow-leaved Arrowhead

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (9 countries) and South America (Colombia).

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).