Brown Rat vs Chicken Grape

Rattus norvegicus compared with Vitis vulpina

Key Differences

Brown Rat is Least Concern while Chicken Grape is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown Rat	Chicken Grape
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Vitales (Vitales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Vitaceae
Genus	Rattus	Vitis
Species	Rattus norvegicus	Vitis vulpina

Conservation Status

Brown Rat

LC — Least Concern

Chicken Grape

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown Rat	Chicken Grape
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

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).

Chicken Grape

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Armenia), Europe (12 countries), and North America (Canada, United States).

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.

Chicken Grape

The Chicken Grape (Vitis vulpina) is a species in the genus Vitis. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.