Oriental House Rat vs Racket-tailed Emerald

Rattus tanezumi compared with Dorocordulia libera

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Racket-tailed Emerald
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Odonata (Odonata)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Corduliidae
Genus	Rattus	Dorocordulia
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Dorocordulia libera

Evolutionary Relationship

Oriental House Rat and Racket-tailed Emerald share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Racket-tailed Emerald

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Racket-tailed Emerald
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).

Racket-tailed Emerald

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found in United States.