Oriental House Rat vs Small Clouded Brindle

Rattus tanezumi compared with Apamea unanimis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Small Clouded Brindle
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Noctuidae
Genus	Rattus	Apamea
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Apamea unanimis

Evolutionary Relationship

Oriental House Rat and Small Clouded Brindle share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Small Clouded Brindle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Small Clouded Brindle
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).

Small Clouded Brindle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.