Oriental House Rat vs Small shell ginger

Rattus tanezumi compared with Alpinia mutica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Small shell ginger
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Zingiberales (Zingiberales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Zingiberaceae
Genus	Rattus	Alpinia
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Alpinia mutica

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Small shell ginger

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Small shell ginger
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 shell ginger

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Found in United States.