Oriental House Rat vs Worcester Crest

Rattus tanezumi compared with Dichomeris ustalella

Key Differences

• Oriental House Rat is Least Concern while Worcester Crest is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Worcester Crest
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	Dichomeris
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Dichomeris ustalella

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Worcester Crest

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Worcester Crest
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).

Worcester Crest

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, and Sweden.