Oriental House Rat vs tiger quoll

Rattus tanezumi compared with Dasyurus maculatus

Key Differences

• Oriental House Rat is Least Concern while tiger quoll is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	tiger quoll
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Dasyuridae
Genus	Rattus	Dasyurus
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Dasyurus maculatus

Evolutionary Relationship

Oriental House Rat and tiger quoll share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (Mammals)

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

tiger quoll

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	tiger quoll
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).

tiger quoll

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.