Oriental House Rat vs sorrel

Rattus tanezumi compared with Oxalis rosea

Key Differences

• Oriental House Rat is Least Concern while sorrel is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	sorrel
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Oxalidales (Oxalidales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Oxalidaceae
Genus	Rattus	Oxalis
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Oxalis rosea

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

sorrel

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	sorrel
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).

sorrel

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Asia (India) and Europe (5 countries).