Brush-tipped Emerald vs Oriental House Rat

Somatochlora walshii compared with Rattus tanezumi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brush-tipped Emerald	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	Corduliidae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Somatochlora	Rattus
Species	Somatochlora walshii	Rattus tanezumi

Evolutionary Relationship

Brush-tipped Emerald and Oriental House Rat share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Brush-tipped Emerald

LC — Least Concern

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brush-tipped Emerald	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Brush-tipped Emerald

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found in 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).

Brush-tipped Emerald

The Brush-tipped Emerald (Somatochlora walshii) is a species in the genus Somatochlora. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.