Oriental House Rat vs Stream Bluet

Rattus tanezumi compared with Enallagma exsulans

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Stream Bluet
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	Enallagma
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Enallagma exsulans

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Stream Bluet

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Stream Bluet
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).

Stream Bluet

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found in United States.