Oriental House Rat vs Redclaw

Rattus tanezumi compared with Cherax quadricarinatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Redclaw
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Malacostraca (Crustaceans)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Decapoda (Decapoda)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Parastacidae
Genus	Rattus	Cherax
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Cherax quadricarinatus

Evolutionary Relationship

Oriental House Rat and Redclaw share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Redclaw

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Redclaw
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).

Redclaw

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (8 countries), Europe (8 countries), North America (5 countries), and South America (5 countries).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 3 countries:

🇵🇭 Philippines 🇿🇦 South Africa 🇹🇼 Taiwan