Oriental House Rat vs Thatch palm

Rattus tanezumi compared with Sabal yapa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Thatch palm
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Arecales (Arecales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Arecaceae
Genus	Rattus	Sabal
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Sabal yapa

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Thatch palm

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Thatch palm
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).

Thatch palm

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Cuba.