Oriental House Rat vs Syrian Brome

Rattus tanezumi compared with Bromus syriacus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Syrian Brome
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Rattus	Bromus
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Bromus syriacus

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Syrian Brome

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Syrian Brome
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).

Syrian Brome

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.