Oriental House Rat vs Red-backed Flameback

Rattus tanezumi compared with Dinopium psarodes

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Red-backed Flameback
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Piciformes (Piciformes)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Picidae
Genus	Rattus	Dinopium
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Dinopium psarodes

Evolutionary Relationship

Oriental House Rat and Red-backed Flameback share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Red-backed Flameback

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Red-backed Flameback
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).

Red-backed Flameback

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.