Oriental House Rat vs White Broom

Rattus tanezumi compared with Cytisus multiflorus

Key Differences

• Oriental House Rat is Least Concern while White Broom is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	White Broom
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Fabaceae
Genus	Rattus	Cytisus
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Cytisus multiflorus

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

White Broom

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	White Broom
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).

White Broom

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Madagascar), Asia (India), Europe (7 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand).