Oriental House Rat vs Tufted Sedge

Rattus tanezumi compared with Bulbostylis lichtensteiniana

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Tufted Sedge
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Cyperaceae
Genus	Rattus	Bulbostylis
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Bulbostylis lichtensteiniana

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Tufted Sedge

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Tufted Sedge
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).

Tufted Sedge

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.