orangeback flying squid vs Oriental House Rat

Sthenoteuthis pteropus compared with Rattus tanezumi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	orangeback flying squid	Oriental House Rat
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Cephalopoda (Cephalopods)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Oegopsida (Oegopsida)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Ommastrephidae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Sthenoteuthis	Rattus
Species	Sthenoteuthis pteropus	Rattus tanezumi

Evolutionary Relationship

orangeback flying squid and Oriental House Rat share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

orangeback flying squid

LC — Least Concern

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	orangeback flying squid	Oriental House Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

orangeback flying squid

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).