Big-Leaved Periwinkle vs Brown Rat

Vinca major compared with Rattus norvegicus

Key Differences

• Big-Leaved Periwinkle is Not Evaluated while Brown Rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big-Leaved Periwinkle	Brown Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Apocynaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Vinca	Rattus
Species	Vinca major	Rattus norvegicus

Conservation Status

Big-Leaved Periwinkle

NE — Not Evaluated

Brown Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big-Leaved Periwinkle	Brown Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big-Leaved Periwinkle

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa), Asia (6 countries), Europe (22 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand), and South America (6 countries).

Brown Rat

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 10 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (11 countries), Asia (15 countries), Europe (41 countries), North America (16 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (10 countries), and South America (10 countries).

Big-Leaved Periwinkle

The Big-Leaved Periwinkle (Vinca major) is a species in the genus Vinca. Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Brown Rat

Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus) is classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List. Widespread and abundant across its range, with stable populations and no immediate conservation concerns.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 38 countries:

🇦🇷 Argentina 🇦🇺 Australia 🇧🇪 Belgium 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina 🇧🇷 Brazil 🇧🇬 Bulgaria 🇨🇦 Canada 🇨🇱 Chile 🇨🇴 Colombia 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 🇭🇷 Croatia 🇨🇾 Cyprus 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇪🇨 Ecuador 🇫🇷 France 🇩🇪 Germany 🇬🇷 Greece 🇭🇺 Hungary 🇮🇪 Ireland 🇯🇵 Japan 🇱🇻 Latvia 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein 🇲🇹 Malta 🇲🇽 Mexico 🇳🇱 Netherlands 🇳🇿 New Zealand 🇳🇴 Norway 🇵🇪 Peru 🇵🇹 Portugal 🇷🇴 Romania 🇸🇰 Slovakia 🇿🇦 South Africa 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇨🇭 Switzerland 🇹🇼 Taiwan 🇺🇦 Ukraine 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 🇺🇸 United States