Oriental House Rat vs sharp-angled carpet

Rattus tanezumi compared with Euphyia unangulata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	sharp-angled carpet
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)	Geometridae
Genus	Rattus	Euphyia
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Euphyia unangulata

Evolutionary Relationship

Oriental House Rat and sharp-angled carpet share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

sharp-angled carpet

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	sharp-angled carpet
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).

sharp-angled carpet

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.