Dickinson's Kestrel vs Oriental House Rat

Falco dickinsoni compared with Rattus tanezumi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dickinson's Kestrel	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Falconiformes (Falconiformes)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Falconidae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Falco	Rattus
Species	Falco dickinsoni	Rattus tanezumi

Evolutionary Relationship

Dickinson's Kestrel and Oriental House Rat share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

Conservation Status

Dickinson's Kestrel

LC — Least Concern

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dickinson's Kestrel	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dickinson's Kestrel

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).