Brown Rat vs Punktree

Rattus norvegicus compared with Melaleuca quinquenervia

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown Rat	Punktree
Kingdom	Animalia (動物)	Plantae (植物)
Phylum	Chordata (脊索動物)	Magnoliophyta (被子植物門)
Class	Mammalia (哺乳類)	Magnoliopsida (モクレン綱)
Order	Rodentia (ネズミ目)	Myrtales (フトモモ目)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Myrtaceae
Genus	Rattus	Melaleuca
Species	Rattus norvegicus	Melaleuca quinquenervia

Conservation Status

Brown Rat

LC — Least Concern

Punktree

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown Rat	Punktree
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).

Punktree

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests spanning the Afrotropic and Neotropic realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (India, Malaysia, Vietnam), Europe (5 countries), North America (18 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (4 countries), and South America (4 countries).

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:

🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 🇧🇸 Bahamas 🇧🇧 Barbados 🇧🇪 Belgium 🇧🇷 Brazil 🇨🇴 Colombia 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 🇨🇺 Cuba 🇩🇲 Dominica 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic 🇪🇬 Egypt 🇫🇯 Fiji 🇫🇷 France 🇬🇩 Grenada 🇬🇾 Guyana 🇯🇲 Jamaica 🇲🇽 Mexico 🇫🇲 Micronesia 🇳🇱 Netherlands 🇳🇿 New Zealand 🇳🇴 Norway 🇵🇼 Palau 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 🇸🇳 Senegal 🇸🇨 Seychelles 🇿🇦 South Africa 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 🇺🇸 United States