Oriental House Rat vs red-shanked douc

Rattus tanezumi compared with Pygathrix nemaeus

Key Differences

• Oriental House Rat is Least Concern while red-shanked douc is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	red-shanked douc
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Rattus	Pygathrix
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Pygathrix nemaeus

Evolutionary Relationship

Oriental House Rat and red-shanked douc share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (Mammals)

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

red-shanked douc

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	red-shanked douc
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-shanked douc

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.