Oriental House Rat vs Snake cholla

Rattus tanezumi compared with Cylindropuntia californica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Snake cholla
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)	Cactaceae
Genus	Rattus	Cylindropuntia
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Cylindropuntia californica

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Snake cholla

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Snake cholla
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).

Snake cholla

Habitat

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