Oriental House Rat vs Slender Ground-hopper

Rattus tanezumi compared with Tetrix subulata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Slender Ground-hopper
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Orthoptera (Orthoptera)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Tetrigidae
Genus	Rattus	Tetrix
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Tetrix subulata

Evolutionary Relationship

Oriental House Rat and Slender Ground-hopper share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Slender Ground-hopper

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Slender Ground-hopper
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).

Slender Ground-hopper

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and North America (United States).