flat millipede vs Oriental House Rat

Polydesmus angustus compared with Rattus tanezumi

Key Differences

• flat millipede is Not Evaluated while Oriental House Rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	flat millipede	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Diplopoda (Diplopoda)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Polydesmida (Polydesmida)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Polydesmidae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Polydesmus	Rattus
Species	Polydesmus angustus	Rattus tanezumi

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

flat millipede

NE — Not Evaluated

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	flat millipede	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

flat millipede

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, 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).