Oriental House Rat vs Palma de la Virgen

Rattus tanezumi compared with Dioon tomasellii

Key Differences

• Oriental House Rat is Least Concern while Palma de la Virgen is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Palma de la Virgen
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (planta)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Cycadopsida (Cycadatae)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Cycadales (Cycadidae)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Zamiaceae
Genus	Rattus	Dioon
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Dioon tomasellii

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Palma de la Virgen

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Palma de la Virgen
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).

Palma de la Virgen