Oriental House Rat vs Waved Pincertail

Rattus tanezumi compared with Onychogomphus flexuosus

Key Differences

• Oriental House Rat is Least Concern while Waved Pincertail is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Waved Pincertail
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Odonata (Odonata)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Gomphidae
Genus	Rattus	Onychogomphus
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Onychogomphus flexuosus

Evolutionary Relationship

Oriental House Rat and Waved Pincertail share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Waved Pincertail

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Waved Pincertail
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).

Waved Pincertail

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.