Oriental House Rat vs Runner Bean

Rattus tanezumi compared with Phaseolus coccineus

Key Differences

• Oriental House Rat is Least Concern while Runner Bean is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Runner Bean
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Fabaceae
Genus	Rattus	Phaseolus
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Phaseolus coccineus

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Runner Bean

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Runner Bean
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).

Runner Bean

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan, Turkey), Europe (14 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇹🇼 Taiwan