Oriental House Rat vs puma

Rattus tanezumi compared with Puma concolor

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	puma
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Felidae (Cats)
Genus	Rattus	Puma (Pumas)
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Puma concolor

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

puma

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	puma
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).

puma

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, United States, and Venezuela.