Oriental House Rat vs Swamp Spreadwing

Rattus tanezumi compared with Lestes vigilax

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Swamp Spreadwing
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)	Lestidae
Genus	Rattus	Lestes
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Lestes vigilax

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Swamp Spreadwing

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Swamp Spreadwing
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).

Swamp Spreadwing

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found in United States.