Oriental House Rat vs Ezo-matsu

Rattus tanezumi compared with Picea jezoensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Ezo-matsu
Kingdom	Animalia (動物)	Plantae (植物)
Phylum	Chordata (脊索動物)	Coniferophyta (Conifers)
Class	Mammalia (哺乳類)	Pinopsida (マツ綱)
Order	Rodentia (ネズミ目)	Pinales (マツ目)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Pinaceae (Pine Family)
Genus	Rattus	Picea
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Picea jezoensis

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Ezo-matsu

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Ezo-matsu
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).

Ezo-matsu

Habitat

Typically found in temperate and boreal forests, often at higher elevations.