Oriental House Rat vs Upland Pipit

Rattus tanezumi compared with Anthus sylvanus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Upland Pipit
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Passeriformes (Songbirds)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Motacillidae
Genus	Rattus	Anthus
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Anthus sylvanus

Evolutionary Relationship

Oriental House Rat and Upland Pipit share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Upland Pipit

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Upland Pipit
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).

Upland Pipit

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Found in Norway.