Oriental House Rat vs Thrip

Rattus tanezumi compared with Hercinothrips bicinctus

Key Differences

• Oriental House Rat is Least Concern while Thrip is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Thrip
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Thysanoptera (Thysanoptera)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Thripidae
Genus	Rattus	Hercinothrips
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Hercinothrips bicinctus

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Thrip

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Thrip
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).

Thrip

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (11 countries) and North America (United States).