Lesser Bulb-Fly vs Oriental House Rat

Eumerus funeralis compared with Rattus tanezumi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lesser Bulb-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	Syrphidae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Eumerus	Rattus
Species	Eumerus funeralis	Rattus tanezumi

Evolutionary Relationship

Lesser Bulb-Fly and Oriental House Rat share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Lesser Bulb-Fly

LC — Least Concern

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Lesser Bulb-Fly	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lesser Bulb-Fly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (8 countries), and North America (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).