carex de Back vs Oriental House Rat

Carex backii compared with Rattus tanezumi

Key Differences

• carex de Back is Not Evaluated while Oriental House Rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	carex de Back	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (plante)	Animalia (animal)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (mammifères)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Cyperaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Carex	Rattus
Species	Carex backii	Rattus tanezumi

Conservation Status

carex de Back

NE — Not Evaluated

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	carex de Back	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

carex de Back

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

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).

carex de Back

The Back'S Sedge (Carex backii) is a species in the genus Carex. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.