Brown Rat vs long yam

Rattus norvegicus compared with Dioscorea transversa

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown Rat	long yam
Kingdom	Animalia (동물)	Plantae (식물)
Phylum	Chordata (척삭동물)	Magnoliophyta (피자식물문)
Class	Mammalia (포유류)	Liliopsida (백합강)
Order	Rodentia (설치류)	Dioscoreales (마목)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Dioscoreaceae
Genus	Rattus	Dioscorea
Species	Rattus norvegicus	Dioscorea transversa

Conservation Status

Brown Rat

LC — Least Concern

long yam

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown Rat	long yam
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).

long yam

Habitat

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

Brown Rat

집쥐(Rattus norvegicus)는 IUCN 적색목록에서 관심대상(LC)으로 분류됩니다. 분포 범위 전반에 걸쳐 널리 서식하며 개체 수가 안정적으로 유지되고 있어 즉각적인 보전 우려가 없습니다.