Oriental House Rat vs rough bugelweed

Rattus tanezumi compared with Lycopus asper

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	rough bugelweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Lamiaceae
Genus	Rattus	Lycopus
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Lycopus asper

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

rough bugelweed

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	rough bugelweed
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 bugelweed

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Canada.