Oriental House Rat vs alverjón

Rattus tanezumi compared with Vicia hirsuta

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Oriental House Rat alverjón
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (planta)
Phylum Chordata (cordados) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (mamíferos) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Rodentia (Rodents) Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family Muridae (Mice & Rats) Fabaceae
Genus Rattus Vicia
Species Rattus tanezumi Vicia hirsuta

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

alverjón

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Oriental House Rat alverjón
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).

alverjón

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (15 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Argentina, Chile, Ecuador).

Oriental House Rat

No description available.

alverjón

No description available.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

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