Oriental House Rat vs wild madder

Rattus tanezumi compared with Rubia peregrina

Key Differences

• Oriental House Rat is Least Concern while wild madder is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	wild madder
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Rubiaceae
Genus	Rattus	Rubia
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Rubia peregrina

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

wild madder

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	wild madder
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 madder

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway, Portugal, and Sweden.