Oriental House Rat vs Potto

Rattus tanezumi compared with Perodicticus potto

Key Differences

• Oriental House Rat is Least Concern while Potto is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Potto
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Lorisidae
Genus	Rattus	Perodicticus
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Perodicticus potto

Evolutionary Relationship

Oriental House Rat and Potto share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (Mammals)

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Potto

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Potto
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).

Potto

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.