Neglected Cave-cricket vs Oriental House Rat

Troglophilus neglectus compared with Rattus tanezumi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Neglected Cave-cricket	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Orthoptera (Orthoptera)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Rhaphidophoridae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Troglophilus	Rattus
Species	Troglophilus neglectus	Rattus tanezumi

Evolutionary Relationship

Neglected Cave-cricket and Oriental House Rat share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Neglected Cave-cricket

LC — Least Concern

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Neglected Cave-cricket	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Neglected Cave-cricket

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

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).