Oriental House Rat vs Pea Withe

Rattus tanezumi compared with Rhynchosia reticulata

Key Differences

• Oriental House Rat is Least Concern while Pea Withe is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Pea Withe
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Fabaceae
Genus	Rattus	Rhynchosia
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Rhynchosia reticulata

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Pea Withe

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Pea Withe
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).

Pea Withe

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil and Colombia.