Oriental House Rat vs pinklet

Rattus tanezumi compared with Stenandrium dulce

Key Differences

• Oriental House Rat is Least Concern while pinklet is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	pinklet
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Acanthaceae
Genus	Rattus	Stenandrium
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Stenandrium dulce

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

pinklet

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	pinklet
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).

pinklet

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil and Colombia.