Rat surmulot vs Amarante Queue-de-renard

Rattus norvegicus compared with Amaranthus caudatus

Key Differences

• Rat surmulot is Least Concern while Amarante Queue-de-renard is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Rat surmulot	Amarante Queue-de-renard
Kingdom	Animalia (animal)	Plantae (plante)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mammifères)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Amaranthaceae
Genus	Rattus	Amaranthus
Species	Rattus norvegicus	Amaranthus caudatus

Conservation Status

Rat surmulot

LC — Least Concern

Amarante Queue-de-renard

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Rat surmulot	Amarante Queue-de-renard
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Rat surmulot

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).

Amarante Queue-de-renard

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (11 countries), Europe (27 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Rat surmulot

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 40 countries:

🇦🇴 Angola 🇦🇺 Australia 🇦🇹 Austria 🇧🇪 Belgium 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina 🇧🇷 Brazil 🇨🇦 Canada 🇨🇴 Colombia 🇭🇷 Croatia 🇨🇾 Cyprus 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇪🇪 Estonia 🇫🇷 France 🇩🇪 Germany 🇬🇷 Greece 🇭🇺 Hungary 🇮🇹 Italy 🇯🇵 Japan 🇱🇻 Latvia 🇲🇹 Malta 🇲🇩 Moldova 🇳🇦 Namibia 🇳🇱 Netherlands 🇳🇴 Norway 🇵🇭 Philippines 🇵🇹 Portugal 🇷🇴 Romania 🇷🇺 Russia 🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe 🇷🇸 Serbia 🇸🇨 Seychelles 🇸🇰 Slovakia 🇸🇮 Slovenia 🇪🇸 Spain 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇨🇭 Switzerland 🇹🇼 Taiwan 🇺🇦 Ukraine 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 🇺🇸 United States