Confusing Bumble Bee vs Oriental House Rat

Bombus perplexus compared with Rattus tanezumi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Confusing Bumble 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	Apidae (Bees)	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Bombus	Rattus
Species	Bombus perplexus	Rattus tanezumi

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Confusing Bumble Bee

LC — Least Concern

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Confusing Bumble Bee	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Confusing Bumble Bee

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).