Oriental House Rat vs scratch grass

Rattus tanezumi compared with Muhlenbergia asperifolia

Key Differences

• Oriental House Rat is Least Concern while scratch grass is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	scratch grass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Rattus	Muhlenbergia
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Muhlenbergia asperifolia

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

scratch grass

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	scratch grass
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).

scratch grass

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Found in Canada.