One-Glumed Spike-Rush vs Oriental House Rat

Eleocharis uniglumis compared with Rattus tanezumi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	One-Glumed Spike-Rush	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Cyperaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Eleocharis	Rattus
Species	Eleocharis uniglumis	Rattus tanezumi

Conservation Status

One-Glumed Spike-Rush

LC — Least Concern

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	One-Glumed Spike-Rush	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

One-Glumed Spike-Rush

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (7 countries) and North America (Canada).

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).