Oriental House Rat vs Poison Sumac

Rattus tanezumi compared with Toxicodendron vernix

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Poison Sumac
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Anacardiaceae
Genus	Rattus	Toxicodendron
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Toxicodendron vernix

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Poison Sumac

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Poison Sumac
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).

Poison Sumac

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.