Oriental House Rat vs Ungava collared lemming

Rattus tanezumi compared with Dicrostonyx hudsonius

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Ungava collared lemming
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class same	Mammalia (Mammals)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order same	Rodentia (Rodents)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Cricetidae
Genus	Rattus	Dicrostonyx
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Dicrostonyx hudsonius

Evolutionary Relationship

Oriental House Rat and Ungava collared lemming share a common ancestor at the Order level: Rodentia. (Rodents)

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Ungava collared lemming

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Ungava collared lemming
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).

Ungava collared lemming

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.