Oriental House Rat vs Pectis

Rattus tanezumi compared with Pectis subsquarrosa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Pectis
Kingdom	Animalia (สัตว์)	Plantae (พืช)
Phylum	Chordata (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (สัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยน้ำนม)	Magnoliopsida (พืชใบเลี้ยงคู่)
Order	Rodentia (อันดับสัตว์ฟันแทะ)	Asterales (อันดับทานตะวัน)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Rattus	Pectis
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Pectis subsquarrosa

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Pectis

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Pectis
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).

Pectis

Habitat

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