Oriental House Rat vs Parasol Tree

Rattus tanezumi compared with Polyscias kikuyuensis

Key Differences

• Oriental House Rat is Least Concern while Parasol Tree is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Parasol Tree
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Apiales (Apiales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Araliaceae
Genus	Rattus	Polyscias
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Polyscias kikuyuensis

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Parasol Tree

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Parasol Tree
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).

Parasol Tree

Habitat

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