Oriental House Rat vs wolf's-bane

Rattus tanezumi compared with Aconitum lycoctonum

Key Differences

• Oriental House Rat is Least Concern while wolf's-bane is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	wolf's-bane
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Ranunculales (Ranunculales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Ranunculaceae
Genus	Rattus	Aconitum
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Aconitum lycoctonum

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

wolf's-bane

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	wolf's-bane
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).

wolf's-bane

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and North America (Canada).