Oriental House Rat vs smooth coil

Rattus tanezumi compared with Lucilla scintilla

Key Differences

• Oriental House Rat is Least Concern while smooth coil is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	smooth coil
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Stylommatophora (Stylommatophora)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Helicodiscidae
Genus	Rattus	Lucilla
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Lucilla scintilla

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

smooth coil

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	smooth coil
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).

smooth coil

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial and aquatic habitats including forests and freshwater.

Range

Found across Asia (Israel) and Europe (6 countries).