Oriental House Rat vs Thicket Bean

Rattus tanezumi compared with Phaseolus polystachios

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Thicket Bean
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Fabaceae
Genus	Rattus	Phaseolus
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Phaseolus polystachios

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Thicket Bean

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Thicket Bean
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).

Thicket Bean

Habitat

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