Oriental House Rat vs square-spot rustic

Rattus tanezumi compared with Xestia xanthographa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	square-spot rustic
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Noctuidae
Genus	Rattus	Xestia
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Xestia xanthographa

Evolutionary Relationship

Oriental House Rat and square-spot rustic share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

square-spot rustic

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	square-spot rustic
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).

square-spot rustic

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.