Oriental House Rat vs small-leaf fig

Rattus tanezumi compared with Ficus obliqua

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	small-leaf fig
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Rosales (Roses & Allies)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Moraceae
Genus	Rattus	Ficus
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Ficus obliqua

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

small-leaf fig

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	small-leaf fig
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-leaf fig

Habitat

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