Oriental House Rat vs Wormseed

Rattus tanezumi compared with Dysphania anthelmintica

Key Differences

• Oriental House Rat is Least Concern while Wormseed is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Wormseed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Amaranthaceae
Genus	Rattus	Dysphania
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Dysphania anthelmintica

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Wormseed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Wormseed
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).

Wormseed

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (6 countries), and North America (United States).