Ashy Furrow Bee vs Oriental House Rat

Lasioglossum sexnotatum compared with Rattus tanezumi

Key Differences

• Ashy Furrow Bee is Extinct while Oriental House Rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Ashy Furrow Bee	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Halictidae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Lasioglossum	Rattus
Species	Lasioglossum sexnotatum	Rattus tanezumi

Evolutionary Relationship

Ashy Furrow Bee and Oriental House Rat share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Ashy Furrow Bee

EX — Extinct

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Ashy Furrow Bee	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Ashy Furrow Bee

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, and Luxembourg.

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).

Ashy Furrow Bee

Ashy furrow bee (Lasioglossum sexnotatum) is a species in the genus Lasioglossum. It is classified as Extinct by the IUCN. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.