orange underwing vs Oriental House Rat

Archiearis parthenias compared with Rattus tanezumi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	orange underwing	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Geometridae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Archiearis	Rattus
Species	Archiearis parthenias	Rattus tanezumi

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

orange underwing

LC — Least Concern

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	orange underwing	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

orange underwing

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, 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).