Lyre-Tipped Spreadwing vs Oriental House Rat

Lestes unguiculatus compared with Rattus tanezumi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lyre-Tipped Spreadwing	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Odonata (Odonata)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Lestidae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Lestes	Rattus
Species	Lestes unguiculatus	Rattus tanezumi

Evolutionary Relationship

Lyre-Tipped Spreadwing and Oriental House Rat share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Lyre-Tipped Spreadwing

LC — Least Concern

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Lyre-Tipped Spreadwing	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lyre-Tipped Spreadwing

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found in 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).