Oriental House Rat vs thirtythorn

Rattus tanezumi compared with Vachellia seyal

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Oriental House Rat thirtythorn
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 Vachellia
Species Rattus tanezumi Vachellia seyal

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

thirtythorn

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Oriental House Rat thirtythorn
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).

thirtythorn

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil and Guinea.

Oriental House Rat

No description available.

thirtythorn

No description available.

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