Flax Flea Beetle vs Oriental House Rat

Longitarsus parvulus compared with Rattus tanezumi

Key Differences

• Flax Flea Beetle is Extinct while Oriental House Rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Flax Flea Beetle	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	Chrysomelidae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Longitarsus	Rattus
Species	Longitarsus parvulus	Rattus tanezumi

Evolutionary Relationship

Flax Flea Beetle and Oriental House Rat share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Flax Flea Beetle

EX — Extinct

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Flax Flea Beetle	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Flax Flea Beetle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

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).