Oriental House Rat vs Red Balau

Rattus tanezumi compared with Shorea guiso

Key Differences

• Oriental House Rat is Least Concern while Red Balau is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Red Balau
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Dipterocarpaceae
Genus	Rattus	Shorea
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Shorea guiso

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Red Balau

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Red Balau
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 Balau

Habitat

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