Oriental House Rat vs Pheasant's-eye

Rattus tanezumi compared with Adonis annua

Key Differences

• Oriental House Rat is Least Concern while Pheasant's-eye is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Pheasant's-eye
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Ranunculales (Ranunculales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Ranunculaceae
Genus	Rattus	Adonis
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Adonis annua

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Pheasant's-eye

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Pheasant's-eye
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).

Pheasant's-eye

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (17 countries), and North America (Canada, United States).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇹🇼 Taiwan