Oriental House Rat vs Species code: Ca

Rattus tanezumi compared with Cymodocea angustata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Species code: Ca
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Cymodoceaceae
Genus	Rattus	Cymodocea
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Cymodocea angustata

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Species code: Ca

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Species code: Ca
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).

Species code: Ca

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.