Banded Darter vs Oriental House Rat

Sympetrum pedemontanum compared with Rattus tanezumi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Banded Darter	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Odonata (Odonata)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Libellulidae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Sympetrum	Rattus
Species	Sympetrum pedemontanum	Rattus tanezumi

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Banded Darter

LC — Least Concern

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Banded Darter	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Banded Darter

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, Sweden, and Ukraine.

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).

Banded Darter

The Banded Darter (Sympetrum pedemontanum) is a species in the genus Sympetrum. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.