Oriental House Rat vs Parallel-leaved Dandelion

Rattus tanezumi compared with Taraxacum xiphoideum

Key Differences

• Oriental House Rat is Least Concern while Parallel-leaved Dandelion is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Parallel-leaved Dandelion
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Rattus	Taraxacum
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Taraxacum xiphoideum

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Parallel-leaved Dandelion

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Parallel-leaved Dandelion
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).

Parallel-leaved Dandelion

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Iceland and Norway.