Black Elder vs Brown Rat

Sambucus nigra compared with Rattus norvegicus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black Elder	Brown Rat
Kingdom	Plantae (植物)	Animalia (動物)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (被子植物門)	Chordata (脊索動物)
Class	Magnoliopsida (モクレン綱)	Mammalia (哺乳類)
Order	Dipsacales (マツムシソウ目)	Rodentia (ネズミ目)
Family	Viburnaceae	Muridae (Mice & Rats)
Genus	Sambucus	Rattus
Species	Sambucus nigra	Rattus norvegicus

Conservation Status

Black Elder

LC — Least Concern

Brown Rat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black Elder	Brown Rat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black Elder

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands, 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 (6 countries), Europe (15 countries), North America (Canada, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (4 countries), and South America (5 countries).

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).

Black Elder

The Black Elder (Sambucus nigra) is a species in the genus Sambucus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and montane grasslands and shrublands, among 10 distinct biome types. Populations are also fou. Widely distributed across Africa (11 countries), Asia (6 countries), Europe (15 countries), North America (Canada, Unite...

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 30 countries:

🇦🇺 Australia 🇧🇾 Belarus 🇧🇪 Belgium 🇧🇴 Bolivia 🇧🇷 Brazil 🇨🇦 Canada 🇨🇱 Chile 🇨🇴 Colombia 🇨🇾 Cyprus 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇪🇨 Ecuador 🇪🇪 Estonia 🇫🇮 Finland 🇬🇷 Greece 🇮🇸 Iceland 🇮🇷 Iran 🇮🇱 Israel 🇱🇻 Latvia 🇱🇹 Lithuania 🇲🇹 Malta 🇫🇲 Micronesia 🇳🇿 New Zealand 🇳🇴 Norway 🇵🇼 Palau 🇵🇹 Portugal 🇷🇺 Russia 🇿🇦 South Africa 🇪🇸 Spain 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇺🇸 United States