Arrocillo vs Brown Rat

Paspalum paniculatum compared with Rattus norvegicus

Key Differences

• Arrocillo is Not Evaluated while Brown Rat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Arrocillo	Brown Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (植物)	Animalia (動物)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (被子植物門)	Chordata (脊索動物)
Class	Liliopsida (単子葉植物綱)	Mammalia (哺乳類)
Order	Poales (イネ目)	Rodentia (ネズミ目)
Family	Poaceae (Grass Family)	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Paspalum	Rattus
Species	Paspalum paniculatum	Rattus norvegicus

Conservation Status

Arrocillo

NE — Not Evaluated

Brown Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Arrocillo	Brown Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Arrocillo

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Asia (China, Japan, Taiwan), Europe (4 countries), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (9 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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).

Arrocillo

The Arrocillo, Paspalum paniculatum, is a species. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

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 18 countries:

🇦🇺 Australia 🇧🇪 Belgium 🇧🇷 Brazil 🇨🇴 Colombia 🇨🇺 Cuba 🇫🇯 Fiji 🇫🇷 France 🇯🇵 Japan 🇫🇲 Micronesia 🇳🇱 Netherlands 🇵🇼 Palau 🇼🇸 Samoa 🇹🇼 Taiwan 🇹🇴 Tonga 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 🇺🇸 United States 🇻🇺 Vanuatu