Dingy Dowd vs Oriental House Rat

Blastobasis adustella compared with Rattus tanezumi

Key Differences

• Dingy Dowd is Not Evaluated while Oriental House Rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dingy Dowd	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Blastobasidae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Blastobasis	Rattus
Species	Blastobasis adustella	Rattus tanezumi

Evolutionary Relationship

Dingy Dowd and Oriental House Rat share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Dingy Dowd

NE — Not Evaluated

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dingy Dowd	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dingy Dowd

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries).

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).