Oriental House Rat vs pine grass

Rattus tanezumi compared with Calamagrostis rubescens

Key Differences

• Oriental House Rat is Least Concern while pine grass is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	pine grass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Rattus	Calamagrostis
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Calamagrostis rubescens

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

pine grass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	pine grass
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).

pine grass

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Found in Canada.