Oriental House Rat vs Persian Maple

Rattus tanezumi compared with Acer velutinum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Persian Maple
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Sapindaceae
Genus	Rattus	Acer
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Acer velutinum

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Persian Maple

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Persian Maple
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).

Persian Maple

Habitat

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