Oriental House Rat vs Rambur'S Forktail

Rattus tanezumi compared with Ischnura ramburii

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Rambur'S Forktail
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)	Coenagrionidae
Genus	Rattus	Ischnura
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Ischnura ramburii

Evolutionary Relationship

Oriental House Rat and Rambur'S Forktail share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Rambur'S Forktail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Rambur'S Forktail
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).

Rambur'S Forktail

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and United States.