Oriental House Rat vs Plain Clothes

Rattus tanezumi compared with Tinea flavescentella

Key Differences

• Oriental House Rat is Least Concern while Plain Clothes is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Plain Clothes
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Tineidae
Genus	Rattus	Tinea
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Tinea flavescentella

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Plain Clothes

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Plain Clothes
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).

Plain Clothes

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (7 countries).