Oriental House Rat vs Spot-tailed Goshawk

Rattus tanezumi compared with Accipiter trinotatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Spot-tailed Goshawk
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Accipitriformes (Hawks & Eagles)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Accipitridae (Hawks & Eagles)
Genus	Rattus	Accipiter
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Accipiter trinotatus

Evolutionary Relationship

Oriental House Rat and Spot-tailed Goshawk share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Spot-tailed Goshawk

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Spot-tailed Goshawk
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).

Spot-tailed Goshawk

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Found in Norway.