Devil's backbone vs Oriental House Rat

Kalanchoe daigremontiana compared with Rattus tanezumi

Key Differences

• Devil's backbone is Not Evaluated while Oriental House Rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Devil's backbone	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (plantas)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Saxifragales (Saxifragales)	Rodentia (Roedores)
Family	Crassulaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Kalanchoe	Rattus
Species	Kalanchoe daigremontiana	Rattus tanezumi

Conservation Status

Devil's backbone

NE — Not Evaluated

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Devil's backbone	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Devil's backbone

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Mauritius, South Africa), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Italy, Portugal, Spain), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands), and South America (Colombia, Peru, Venezuela).

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).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇿🇦 South Africa 🇹🇼 Taiwan