Oriental House Rat vs slit limpet

Rattus tanezumi compared with Emarginula fissura

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	slit limpet
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Lepetellida (Lepetellida)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Fissurellidae
Genus	Rattus	Emarginula
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Emarginula fissura

Evolutionary Relationship

Oriental House Rat and slit limpet share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

slit limpet

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	slit limpet
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).

slit limpet

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial and aquatic habitats including forests and freshwater.

Range

Found across Europe (8 countries).