Oriental House Rat vs poumuli

Rattus tanezumi compared with Flueggea flexuosa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	poumuli
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Phyllanthaceae
Genus	Rattus	Flueggea
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Flueggea flexuosa

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

poumuli

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	poumuli
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).

poumuli

Habitat

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