a bat flea vs Brown Rat

Nycteridopsylla longiceps compared with Rattus norvegicus

Key Differences

• a bat flea is Not Evaluated while Brown Rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	a bat flea	Brown Rat
Kingdom same	Animalia (動物)	Animalia (動物)
Phylum	Arthropoda (節足動物)	Chordata (脊索動物)
Class	Insecta (昆虫)	Mammalia (哺乳類)
Order	Siphonaptera (ノミ)	Rodentia (ネズミ目)
Family	Ischnopsyllidae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Nycteridopsylla	Rattus
Species	Nycteridopsylla longiceps	Rattus norvegicus

Evolutionary Relationship

a bat flea and Brown Rat share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (動物)

Conservation Status

a bat flea

NE — Not Evaluated

Brown Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	a bat flea	Brown Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

a bat flea

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

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).

a bat flea

The a bat flea (Nycteridopsylla longiceps) is a species in the genus Nycteridopsylla. It is not yet evaluated on the IUCN Red List. It is found across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, inhabiting diverse terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Brown Rat

ドブネズミ（Rattus norvegicus）はIUCNレッドリストで軽度懸念（LC）に分類されています。分布域全体に広く生息し個体数は安定しており、緊急の保護上の懸念はありません。

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 3 countries:

🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden