Oriental House Rat vs Rusty Swift

Rattus tanezumi compared with Borbo detecta

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Rusty Swift
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Hesperiidae
Genus	Rattus	Borbo
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Borbo detecta

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Rusty Swift

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Rusty Swift
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).

Rusty Swift

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.