Oriental House Rat vs Seneca Root

Rattus tanezumi compared with Polygala senega

Key Differences

• Oriental House Rat is Least Concern while Seneca Root is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Seneca Root
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)	Polygalaceae
Genus	Rattus	Polygala
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Polygala senega

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Seneca Root

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Seneca Root
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).

Seneca Root

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada, Japan, and United States.