Big Dipper Firefly vs Oriental House Rat

Photinus pyralis compared with Rattus tanezumi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big Dipper Firefly	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Lampyridae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Photinus	Rattus
Species	Photinus pyralis	Rattus tanezumi

Evolutionary Relationship

Big Dipper Firefly and Oriental House Rat share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Big Dipper Firefly

LC — Least Concern

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big Dipper Firefly	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big Dipper Firefly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

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).

Big Dipper Firefly

The Big Dipper Firefly (Photinus pyralis) is a species in the genus Photinus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.