Oriental House Rat vs Winter Groundling

Rattus tanezumi compared with Scrobipalpa costella

Key Differences

• Oriental House Rat is Least Concern while Winter Groundling is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Winter Groundling
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Gelechiidae
Genus	Rattus	Scrobipalpa
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Scrobipalpa costella

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Winter Groundling

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Winter Groundling
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).

Winter Groundling

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, and Sweden.