Nose botfly vs Oriental House Rat

Gasterophilus haemorrhoidalis compared with Rattus tanezumi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Nose botfly	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	Oestridae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Gasterophilus	Rattus
Species	Gasterophilus haemorrhoidalis	Rattus tanezumi

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Nose botfly

LC — Least Concern

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Nose botfly	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Nose botfly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and 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).