Levels Cleg vs Oriental House Rat

Haematopota subcylindrica compared with Rattus tanezumi

Key Differences

• Levels Cleg is Vulnerable while Oriental House Rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Levels Cleg	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	Tabanidae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Haematopota	Rattus
Species	Haematopota subcylindrica	Rattus tanezumi

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Levels Cleg

VU — Vulnerable

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Levels Cleg	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Levels Cleg

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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).