Oriental House Rat vs Siberian polypody

Rattus tanezumi compared with Polypodium sibiricum

Key Differences

• Oriental House Rat is Least Concern while Siberian polypody is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Siberian polypody
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Polypodiaceae
Genus	Rattus	Polypodium
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Polypodium sibiricum

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Siberian polypody

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Siberian polypody
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).

Siberian polypody

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Canada and Norway.