Oriental House Rat vs paperbark teatree

Rattus tanezumi compared with Melaleuca ericifolia

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	paperbark teatree
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Myrtaceae
Genus	Rattus	Melaleuca
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Melaleuca ericifolia

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

paperbark teatree

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	paperbark teatree
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).

paperbark teatree

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Brazil.