Oriental House Rat vs pale moonwort

Rattus tanezumi compared with Botrychium pallidum

Key Differences

• Oriental House Rat is Least Concern while pale moonwort is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	pale moonwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Ophioglossales (Ophioglossales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Ophioglossaceae
Genus	Rattus	Botrychium
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Botrychium pallidum

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

pale moonwort

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	pale moonwort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

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).

pale moonwort

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Found in Canada.