Illustrious Greenbottle vs Oriental House Rat

Lucilia illustris compared with Rattus tanezumi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Illustrious Greenbottle	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	Calliphoridae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Lucilia	Rattus
Species	Lucilia illustris	Rattus tanezumi

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Illustrious Greenbottle

LC — Least Concern

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Illustrious Greenbottle	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Illustrious Greenbottle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and 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).