Oriental House Rat vs Silver Lime

Rattus tanezumi compared with Tilia tomentosa

Key Differences

• Oriental House Rat is Least Concern while Silver Lime is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Silver Lime
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Malvaceae
Genus	Rattus	Tilia
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Tilia tomentosa

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Silver Lime

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Silver Lime
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 Lime

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (15 countries) and North America (Canada).