Oriental House Rat vs trailing fig

Rattus tanezumi compared with Ficus sagittata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Oriental House Rat trailing fig
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Rodentia (Rodents) Rosales (Roses & Allies)
Family Muridae (Mice & Rats) Moraceae
Genus Rattus Ficus
Species Rattus tanezumi Ficus sagittata

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

trailing fig

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Oriental House Rat trailing fig
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).

trailing fig

Habitat

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

Oriental House Rat

No description available.

trailing fig

No description available.

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