Oriental House Rat vs wild custard-apple

Rattus tanezumi compared with Annona senegalensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	wild custard-apple
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Magnoliales (Magnoliales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Annonaceae
Genus	Rattus	Annona
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Annona senegalensis

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

wild custard-apple

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	wild custard-apple
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).

wild custard-apple

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Central African Republic, Comoros, Guinea, and Madagascar.