Crested Drongo vs Oriental House Rat

Dicrurus forficatus compared with Rattus tanezumi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crested Drongo	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Passeriformes (Songbirds)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Dicruridae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Dicrurus	Rattus
Species	Dicrurus forficatus	Rattus tanezumi

Evolutionary Relationship

Crested Drongo and Oriental House Rat share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

Conservation Status

Crested Drongo

LC — Least Concern

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crested Drongo	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crested Drongo

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Found in Norway.

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).