Minute pirate bug vs Oriental House Rat

Anthocoris nemorum compared with Rattus tanezumi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Minute pirate bug	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Hemiptera (Hemiptera)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Anthocoridae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Anthocoris	Rattus
Species	Anthocoris nemorum	Rattus tanezumi

Evolutionary Relationship

Minute pirate bug and Oriental House Rat share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Minute pirate bug

LC — Least Concern

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Minute pirate bug	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Minute pirate bug

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (5 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).