Oriental House Rat vs Ornate Shrew

Rattus tanezumi compared with Sorex ornatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Ornate Shrew
Kingdom same	Animalia (животные)	Animalia (животные)
Phylum same	Chordata (хордовые)	Chordata (хордовые)
Class same	Mammalia (млекопитающие)	Mammalia (млекопитающие)
Order	Rodentia (грызуны)	Soricomorpha (землеройкообразные)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Soricidae
Genus	Rattus	Sorex
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Sorex ornatus

Evolutionary Relationship

Oriental House Rat and Ornate Shrew share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (млекопитающие)

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Ornate Shrew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Ornate Shrew
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).

Ornate Shrew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.