Oriental House Rat vs Yarrow

Rattus tanezumi compared with Achillea crithmifolia

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Yarrow
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Rattus	Achillea
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Achillea crithmifolia

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Yarrow

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Yarrow
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).

Yarrow

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (9 countries).