Oriental House Rat vs Parasitic fly

Rattus tanezumi compared with Pegomya betae

Key Differences

• Oriental House Rat is Least Concern while Parasitic fly is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Parasitic fly
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Diptera (Diptera)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Anthomyiidae
Genus	Rattus	Pegomya
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Pegomya betae

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Parasitic fly

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Parasitic fly
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

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).

Parasitic fly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.