Migrant Spreadwing vs Oriental House Rat

Lestes barbarus compared with Rattus tanezumi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Migrant 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 barbarus	Rattus tanezumi

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Migrant Spreadwing

LC — Least Concern

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Migrant Spreadwing	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Migrant Spreadwing

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, 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).