Oriental House Rat vs Rattan

Rattus tanezumi compared with Eremospatha cuspidata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Rattan
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Arecales (Arecales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Arecaceae
Genus	Rattus	Eremospatha
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Eremospatha cuspidata

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Rattan

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Rattan
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).

Rattan

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.