Oriental House Rat vs spreading currant

Rattus tanezumi compared with Ribes laxiflorum

Key Differences

• Oriental House Rat is Least Concern while spreading currant is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	spreading currant
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Saxifragales (Saxifragales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Grossulariaceae
Genus	Rattus	Ribes
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Ribes laxiflorum

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

spreading currant

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	spreading currant
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).

spreading currant

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and Norway.