Oriental House Rat vs mélanippe coupée

Rattus tanezumi compared with Perizoma alchemillata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	mélanippe coupée
Kingdom same	Animalia (animal)	Animalia (animal)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (arthropodes)
Class	Mammalia (mammifères)	Insecta (insecte)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Geometridae
Genus	Rattus	Perizoma
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Perizoma alchemillata

Evolutionary Relationship

Oriental House Rat and mélanippe coupée share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (animal)

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

mélanippe coupée

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	mélanippe coupée
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).

mélanippe coupée

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.