False stable fly vs Oriental House Rat

Muscina stabulans compared with Rattus tanezumi

Key Differences

• False stable fly is Not Evaluated while Oriental House Rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	False stable fly	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Diptera (Diptera)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Muscidae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Muscina	Rattus
Species	Muscina stabulans	Rattus tanezumi

Evolutionary Relationship

False stable fly and Oriental House Rat share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

False stable fly

NE — Not Evaluated

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	False stable fly	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

False stable fly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (4 countries), and North America (Costa Rica, 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).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇹🇼 Taiwan