Oriental House Rat vs Pyreneean Pine Vole

Rattus tanezumi compared with Microtus gerbei

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Pyreneean Pine Vole
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order same	Rodentia (Rodents)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Cricetidae
Genus	Rattus	Microtus
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Microtus gerbei

Evolutionary Relationship

Oriental House Rat and Pyreneean Pine Vole share a common ancestor at the Order level: Rodentia. (Rodents)

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Pyreneean Pine Vole

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Pyreneean Pine Vole
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).

Pyreneean Pine Vole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.