Oriental House Rat vs toque macaque

Rattus tanezumi compared with Macaca sinica

Key Differences

• Oriental House Rat is Least Concern while toque macaque is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	toque macaque
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Primates (Primates)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)
Genus	Rattus	Macaca
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Macaca sinica

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

toque macaque

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	toque macaque
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).

toque macaque

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.