Oriental House Rat vs Sitka Brome

Rattus tanezumi compared with Bromus sitchensis

Key Differences

• Oriental House Rat is Least Concern while Sitka Brome is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Sitka Brome
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Rattus	Bromus
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Bromus sitchensis

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Sitka Brome

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Sitka Brome
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).

Sitka Brome

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Found across Europe (7 countries) and North America (United States).