Oriental House Rat vs Rare Pea

Rattus tanezumi compared with Lathyrus gorgoni

Key Differences

• Oriental House Rat is Least Concern while Rare Pea is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Rare Pea
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	Lathyrus
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Lathyrus gorgoni

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Rare Pea

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Rare Pea
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).

Rare Pea

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across France and Sweden.