Oriental House Rat vs streak

Rattus tanezumi compared with Chesias legatella

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	streak
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)	Geometridae
Genus	Rattus	Chesias
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Chesias legatella

Evolutionary Relationship

Oriental House Rat and streak share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

streak

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	streak
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).

streak

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.