Oriental House Rat vs Silver-eye

Rattus tanezumi compared with Zosterops lateralis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Silver-eye
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Passeriformes (Songbirds)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Zosteropidae
Genus	Rattus	Zosterops
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Zosterops lateralis

Evolutionary Relationship

Oriental House Rat and Silver-eye share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Silver-eye

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Silver-eye
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).

Silver-eye

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Distributed across Norway and United Kingdom.