Oriental House Rat vs Water Fig

Rattus tanezumi compared with Ficus verruculosa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Water 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 verruculosa

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Water Fig

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Water 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).

Water Fig

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Guinea.