Oriental House Rat vs yellow flax

Rattus tanezumi compared with Linum flavum

Key Differences

• Oriental House Rat is Least Concern while yellow flax is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	yellow flax
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Linaceae
Genus	Rattus	Linum
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Linum flavum

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

yellow flax

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	yellow flax
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).

yellow flax

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Japan.