Oriental House Rat vs robust bobtail

Rattus tanezumi compared with Sepiola robusta

Key Differences

• Oriental House Rat is Least Concern while robust bobtail is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	robust bobtail
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Cephalopoda (Cephalopods)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Sepiida (Sepiida)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Sepiolidae
Genus	Rattus	Sepiola
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Sepiola robusta

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

robust bobtail

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	robust bobtail
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).

robust bobtail