Oriental House Rat vs Spanish Gorse

Rattus tanezumi compared with Genista hispanica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Spanish Gorse
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Fabaceae
Genus	Rattus	Genista
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Genista hispanica

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Spanish Gorse

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Spanish Gorse
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).

Spanish Gorse

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Belgium, France, Netherlands, and United Kingdom.