Oriental House Rat vs Violet Dropwing

Rattus tanezumi compared with Trithemis annulata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Oriental House Rat	Violet Dropwing
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)	Libellulidae
Genus	Rattus	Trithemis
Species	Rattus tanezumi	Trithemis annulata

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Oriental House Rat

LC — Least Concern

Violet Dropwing

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Oriental House Rat	Violet Dropwing
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).

Violet Dropwing

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.