Oriental House Rat vs pharaoh ant

Rattus tanezumi compared with Monomorium pharaonis

Key Differences

• Oriental House Rat is Least Concern while pharaoh ant is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	pharaoh ant
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Formicidae
Genus	Rattus	Monomorium
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Monomorium pharaonis

Evolutionary Relationship

Oriental House Rat and pharaoh ant share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

pharaoh ant

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	pharaoh ant
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).

pharaoh ant

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (7 countries), Europe (24 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (4 countries), and South America (6 countries).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇹🇼 Taiwan