Fen Snout vs Oriental House Rat

Nemotelus pantherina compared with Rattus tanezumi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fen Snout	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	Stratiomyidae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Nemotelus	Rattus
Species	Nemotelus pantherina	Rattus tanezumi

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Fen Snout

LC — Least Concern

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fen Snout	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fen Snout

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

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).