Oriental House Rat vs Sharp-lobed Dandelion

Rattus tanezumi compared with Taraxacum mimulum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Sharp-lobed Dandelion
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Rattus	Taraxacum
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Taraxacum mimulum

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Sharp-lobed Dandelion

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Sharp-lobed Dandelion
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-lobed Dandelion

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.