Dusky wireworm vs Oriental House Rat

Agriotes obscurus compared with Rattus tanezumi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Dusky wireworm	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Elateridae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Agriotes	Rattus
Species	Agriotes obscurus	Rattus tanezumi

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Dusky wireworm

LC — Least Concern

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Dusky wireworm	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dusky wireworm

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and North America (Canada, 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).