Oriental House Rat vs rough agave

Rattus tanezumi compared with Agave asperrima

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	rough agave
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Asparagaceae
Genus	Rattus	Agave
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Agave asperrima

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

rough agave

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	rough agave
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).

rough agave

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.