Oriental House Rat vs scimitar-bean

Rattus tanezumi compared with Canavalia gladiata

Key Differences

• Oriental House Rat is Least Concern while scimitar-bean is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	scimitar-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	Canavalia
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Canavalia gladiata

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

scimitar-bean

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	scimitar-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).

scimitar-bean

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (India, Philippines, Taiwan), North America (Cuba), and South America (Brazil).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇵🇭 Philippines 🇹🇼 Taiwan