---
title: "Oriental House Rat"
description: "Rattus tanezumi — Mamíferos. No summary available."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/oriental-house-rat
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Oriental House Rat

> Rattus tanezumi — Mamíferos. No summary available.

- Scientific name: *Rattus tanezumi*
- Category: `mammals` (Mamíferos)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 798
- Wikidata: [Q1762736](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1762736)
- iNaturalist taxon: [44546](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/44546)

## Names

- en: Oriental House Rat
- de: Asiatische Hausratte
- es: Rata de Asia Oriental
- nl: Aziatische zwarte rat
- pl: Szczur orientalny

## Countries with the most observations

TH (99), SG (33), TW (23), VN (15), HK (12), IN (11), JP (10), CN (6), ID (4), MO (4), MY (3), PH (3)

## Photo

![Oriental House Rat](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/oriental-house-rat/medium.jpg)

Photo: unknown · Public domain · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rattus_tanezumi_-_1700-1880_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam.png

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/oriental-house-rat?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).