Oriental House Rat
Field guide
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Oriental House Rat

Rattus tanezumi

Overview

Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park is the atlas place where the Oriental House Rat is recorded, with records concentrating in the Philippines, India, Hong Kong SAR China, South Africa and Palau. This mammal has 928 open records across twelve countries. The atlas map follows the records of the family Muridae where they gather most thickly.

Recorded months differ by region, and each place page shows the months where the species has been documented locally.

Records
928
Countries
12
Atlas places
1
Recorded in and around these atlas places

These are open occurrence records, so they show where people looked for and recorded the Oriental House Rat as much as where it lives. Cells are up to 25 km across, and every location is generalised to its cell.

Where you'll find them

Generalised encounter areas, not exact locations. Each shape is a grid cell coloured by how likely the species is there.

  • Philippines
    25 km zone · high confidence · 806 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • India
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 44 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Hong Kong SAR China
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 24 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • South Africa
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 18 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • Palau
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 12 records · updated 40 days ago
    Possible
  • Zambia
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 10 records · updated 40 days ago
    Possible
  • Indonesia
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 4 records · updated 40 days ago
    Possible
  • Singapore
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 4 records · updated 40 days ago
    Possible
  • China
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 3 records · updated 40 days ago
    Possible
  • Thailand
    25 km zone · low confidence · 2 records · updated 40 days ago
    Uncommon

Conservation status not assessed here yet, so every location is generalised to its grid cell.

Photographs
1 of Oriental House Rat