Oriental House Rat vs strychninebush

Rattus tanezumi compared with Strychnos lucida

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	strychninebush
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Loganiaceae
Genus	Rattus	Strychnos
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Strychnos lucida

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

strychninebush

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	strychninebush
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).

strychninebush

Habitat

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