Buff Button vs Oriental House Rat

Acleris permutana compared with Rattus tanezumi

Key Differences

• Buff Button is Vulnerable while Oriental House Rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buff Button	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom same	Animalia (動物)	Animalia (動物)
Phylum	Arthropoda (節足動物)	Chordata (脊索動物)
Class	Insecta (昆虫)	Mammalia (哺乳類)
Order	Lepidoptera (チョウ目)	Rodentia (ネズミ目)
Family	Tortricidae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Acleris	Rattus
Species	Acleris permutana	Rattus tanezumi

Evolutionary Relationship

Buff Button and Oriental House Rat share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (動物)

Conservation Status

Buff Button

VU — Vulnerable

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buff Button	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Buff Button

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, and Sweden. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its 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).

Buff Button

The Buff Button (Acleris permutana) is a species in the genus Acleris. It is currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.