Apple Capsid vs Oriental House Rat

Lygocoris rugicollis compared with Rattus tanezumi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Apple Capsid	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Hemiptera (Hemiptera)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Miridae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Lygocoris	Rattus
Species	Lygocoris rugicollis	Rattus tanezumi

Evolutionary Relationship

Apple Capsid and Oriental House Rat share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Apple Capsid

LC — Least Concern

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Apple Capsid	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Apple Capsid

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

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).

Apple Capsid

The Apple Capsid (Lygocoris rugicollis) is a species in the genus Lygocoris. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.