Oriental House Rat vs small marbled

Rattus tanezumi compared with Eublemma parva

Key Differences

• Oriental House Rat is Least Concern while small marbled is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	small marbled
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	Eublemma
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Eublemma parva

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

small marbled

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	small marbled
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 marbled

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Asia (Taiwan, Yemen) and Europe (5 countries).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇹🇼 Taiwan