Oriental House Rat vs yellow willow

Rattus tanezumi compared with Salix lutea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	yellow willow
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)	Salicaceae
Genus	Rattus	Salix
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Salix lutea

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

yellow willow

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	yellow willow
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 willow

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Canada.