Oriental House Rat vs small water-pepper

Rattus tanezumi compared with Persicaria minor

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Oriental House Rat small water-pepper
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Rodentia (Rodents) Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family Muridae (Mice & Rats) Polygonaceae
Genus Rattus Persicaria
Species Rattus tanezumi Persicaria minor

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

small water-pepper

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Oriental House Rat small water-pepper
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 water-pepper

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Madagascar), Europe (7 countries), North America (Canada), and Oceania and the Pacific (Micronesia, Papua New Guinea).

Oriental House Rat

No description available.

small water-pepper

No description available.

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