Northern Red-backed Vole vs Oriental House Rat

Myodes rutilus compared with Rattus tanezumi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Northern Red-backed Vole	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Tier)	Animalia (Tier)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordatiere)	Chordata (Chordatiere)
Class same	Mammalia (Säugetiere)	Mammalia (Säugetiere)
Order same	Rodentia (Nagetiere)	Rodentia (Nagetiere)
Family	Cricetidae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Myodes	Rattus
Species	Myodes rutilus	Rattus tanezumi

Evolutionary Relationship

Northern Red-backed Vole and Oriental House Rat share a common ancestor at the Order level: Rodentia. (Nagetiere)

Conservation Status

Northern Red-backed Vole

LC — Least Concern

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Northern Red-backed Vole	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Northern Red-backed Vole

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Norway, Russia, and Sweden.

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).