Oriental House Rat vs Ringed Emerald

Rattus tanezumi compared with Somatochlora albicincta

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Ringed 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	Somatochlora
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Somatochlora albicincta

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Ringed Emerald

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Ringed 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).

Ringed Emerald

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found in United States.