arrow worm vs Oriental House Rat

Parasagitta elegans compared with Rattus tanezumi

Key Differences

• arrow worm is Not Evaluated while Oriental House Rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	arrow worm	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chaetognatha (arrow worms)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Sagittoidea (Sagittoidea)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Aphragmophora (Aphragmophora)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Sagittidae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Parasagitta	Rattus
Species	Parasagitta elegans	Rattus tanezumi

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

arrow worm

NE — Not Evaluated

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	arrow worm	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

arrow worm

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark and Norway.

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).

arrow worm

The Arrow worm, Parasagitta elegans, is a species. Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.