Brown Rat vs Mango

Rattus norvegicus compared with Mangifera indica

Key Differences

• Brown Rat is Least Concern while Mango is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown Rat	Mango
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Anacardiaceae
Genus	Rattus	Mangifera
Species	Rattus norvegicus	Mangifera indica

Conservation Status

Brown Rat

LC — Least Concern

Mango

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown Rat	Mango
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).

Mango

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 11 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (22 countries), Asia (8 countries), Europe (Portugal, United Kingdom), North America (11 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (9 countries), and South America (6 countries).

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 30 countries:

🇦🇴 Angola 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 🇦🇺 Australia 🇧🇧 Barbados 🇧🇷 Brazil 🇨🇱 Chile 🇨🇴 Colombia 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 🇨🇺 Cuba 🇪🇨 Ecuador 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 🇫🇯 Fiji 🇮🇶 Iraq 🇯🇲 Jamaica 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 🇫🇲 Micronesia 🇵🇼 Palau 🇵🇪 Peru 🇵🇭 Philippines 🇵🇹 Portugal 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe 🇸🇨 Seychelles 🇸🇬 Singapore 🇿🇦 South Africa 🇹🇼 Taiwan 🇹🇴 Tonga 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 🇺🇸 United States