Oriental House Rat vs Round ray

Rattus tanezumi compared with Irolita waitii

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Round ray
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Elasmobranchii
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Rajiformes (Rajiformes)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Arhynchobatidae
Genus	Rattus	Irolita
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Irolita waitii

Evolutionary Relationship

Oriental House Rat and Round ray share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Round ray

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Round ray
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).

Round ray