Oriental House Rat vs Prostrate Rattlebox

Rattus tanezumi compared with Crotalaria rotundifolia

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Prostrate Rattlebox
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Fabaceae
Genus	Rattus	Crotalaria
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Crotalaria rotundifolia

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Prostrate Rattlebox

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Prostrate Rattlebox
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).

Prostrate Rattlebox

Habitat

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